From 9b298522b3ebed8a6378ff8498813c5eae9f92c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hymers Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 14:28:34 +0000 Subject: [Bug 228] Merge appendices A, B and D git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1385 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/introduction.xml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/introduction.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/introduction.xml b/appendixa/introduction.xml index 0214e633d..504699147 100644 --- a/appendixa/introduction.xml +++ b/appendixa/introduction.xml @@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ that is installed in this book: +The official download location for the +package. + What the package contains. What each program from a package does. - +What each package needs to compile. -The packages are listed in the same order as they are installed in -chapter 5 and chapter 6. + Most information about these packages (especially the descriptions of them) come from the man pages from those packages. We are not going to print @@ -33,5 +35,22 @@ of every package installed, but we can't do it without help. Please note that currently only what a package does is described and not why it needs to be installed. This may be added later. +Also listed are all of the installation dependencies for all the +packages that are installed in this book. The listings will include +which programs from which packages are needed to successfully compile +the package to be installed. + +These are not running dependencies, meaning they don't tell you +what programs are needed to use that packages programs. Just the ones +needed to compile it. + +The dependency list can be, from time to time, outdated in regards +to the current used package version. Checking dependencies takes quite a +bit of work, so they may lag behind a bit on the package update. But +often with minor package updates, the installation dependencies hardly +change, so they'll be current in most cases. If we upgrade to a major +new release, we'll make sure the dependencies are checked too at the +same time. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf