From ede9b9be0a3baef5e7b8daaab72b5ff594ea12e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:04:14 +0000 Subject: Minor textual shuffles. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3261 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter05/coreutils.xml | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter05/coreutils.xml') diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index 6672e18d5..945a129bb 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ And for the patch: Installation of Coreutils -Coreutils has an issue when compiled against Glibc-&glibc-version;. -Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities -(head, tail, sort, -and others) will reject their traditional syntax which has been in use for +This package has an issue when compiled against Glibc-&glibc-version;. +Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities (such as +(head, tail and sort) +will reject their traditional syntax, a syntax that has been in use for approximately 30 years. This old syntax is so pervasive that compatibility -should be preserved until the many places where it is used can be updated. -More details on this are provided in the comments inside the patch itself. Use -of this patch is by no means compulsory, but not using it means you'll have to -deal with the consequences yourself: patch the many packages that use the old -syntax. Therefore, better apply the patch: +should be preserved until the many places where it is used can be updated. More +details on this are provided in the comments inside the patch itself. Use of +this patch is by no means compulsory, but not using it means you'll have to +deal with the consequences yourself: patch the many packages that still use the +old syntax. Therefore, better apply the patch: patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-posixver-patch; -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf