From 055bedaedb08e9ff0933a8daf8b83e3464bbeaad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 16:00:23 +0000
Subject: reworded ed's needs

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1389 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 chapter06/ed-inst.xml | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter06/ed-inst.xml b/chapter06/ed-inst.xml
index ba774a895..40f9a20af 100644
--- a/chapter06/ed-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ed-inst.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Ed</title>
 
-<para>Ed is an optional package. The only program on a normal LFS system
-that uses ed is patch. But these days, ed patch files are quite rare in
-favour of the diff format patch files. So, if you personally have no
-need to use ed, you can skip it.</para>
+<para>Ed isn't something you would personally use. It's installed here
+because it can be used by the patch program if you encounter an ed-based patch
+file. This happens rarely because diff-based patches are preferred these
+days.</para>
 
 <para>Install Ed by running the following commands:</para>
 
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