Author: jhuntwork
Date: 2008-10-19 14:53:01 -0600 (Sun, 19 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 8679
Modified:
branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml
branches/jh/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml
branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml
Log:
Merged r8675, r8676, r8677, r8678 to jh branch
Modified: branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-19 20:33:50 UTC (rev
8678)
+++ branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-19 20:53:01 UTC (rev
8679)
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@
<para>2008-10-19</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Removed an unnecessary command from the Chapter 5
+ Perl instructions.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Updated the discussion in Chapter 1 explaining that
the
+ LiveCD is out of date.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Added a paragraph to the note in the packages page
+ explaining that bandwidth can be saved when making multiple updates
within a
+ minor kernel release by downloading a base version and
patches.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[jhuntwork] - Move GCC's bootstrap back to pass 1 to
correspond more closely
with trunk. Cross compilation methods in the future can address the
issues originally
bypassed by moving the bootstrap to pass 2.</para>
@@ -54,7 +67,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>[jhuntwork] - Fixed build locations of m4 so that it links
against the
glibc built in /tools and so that no packages in chapter 6 hard-code
references
- to the temporarly location. Also made m4 a host prerequisite.</para>
+ to the temporary location. Also made m4 a host requirement.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml 2008-10-19 20:33:50 UTC (rev 8678)
+++ branches/jh/BOOK/chapter01/how.xml 2008-10-19 20:53:01 UTC (rev 8679)
@@ -18,27 +18,20 @@
during the distribution installation to be able to access these
tools.</para>
- <para>As an alternative to installing a separate distribution
- onto your machine, you may wish to use the Linux From Scratch LiveCD.
- The CD works well as a host system, providing all the tools you need
- to successfully follow the instructions in this book. Additionally,
- it contains all the source packages, patches and a copy of this book.
- So once you have the CD, no network connection or additional downloads
- are necessary. For more information about the LFS LiveCD or to download
- a copy, visit <ulink url="&livecd-root;"/>.</para>
+ <para>As an alternative to installing a separate distribution onto your
+ machine, you may wish to use the Linux From Scratch LiveCD or a LiveCD
from a
+ commercial distribution. The LFS LiveCD works well as a host system,
+ providing all the tools you need to successfully follow the
instructions in
+ this book. Unfortunately, development of the LiveCD has not progressed
+ recently and it only contains older versions of the source packages and
+ patches (for those ISOs not labels -nosrc or -min), and this book. For
more
+ information about the LFS LiveCD or to download a copy, visit <ulink
+ url="&livecd-root;"/>.</para>
<note>
<para>The LFS LiveCD might not work on newer hardware configurations,
- failing to boot or failing to detect some devices, like SATA hard
+ failing to boot or failing to detect some devices, some like SATA hard
drives.</para>
-
- <para>The LFS LiveCD team is working to fix these issues, but they need
your
- help testing it, reporting found problems, and collaborating on the LiveCD
- development.</para>
-
- <para>Please, send your LFS LiveCD reports or development help
collaborations
- to the <ulink url="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">LFS LiveCD
- mailing list</ulink>.</para>
</note>
<para><xref linkend="chapter-partitioning"/> of this book describes how
Modified: branches/jh/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/jh/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml 2008-10-19 20:33:50 UTC (rev
8678)
+++ branches/jh/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml 2008-10-19 20:53:01 UTC (rev
8679)
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@
discoveries of security vulnerabilities. The latest available
&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.x kernel version should
be
used, unless the errata page says otherwise.</para>
+
+ <para>For users with limited speed or expensive bandwidth who wish to
+ update the Linux kernel, a baseline version of the package and
+ patches can be downloaded separately. This may save some time or
+ cost for a subsequent patch level upgrade within a minor release.
+ </para>
+
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
Modified: branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml 2008-10-19 20:33:50 UTC (rev 8678)
+++ branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/perl.xml 2008-10-19 20:53:01 UTC (rev 8679)
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i
../&perl-libc-patch;</userinput></screen>
- <para>Fix an incompatibility with gcc-&gcc-version;:</para>
+ <!-- <para>Fix an incompatibility with gcc-&gcc-version;:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">mv -v makedepend.SH{,.orig}
-sed 's/command /command[ -]/' makedepend.SH.orig >
makedepend.SH</userinput></screen>
+sed 's/command /command[ -]/' makedepend.SH.orig >
makedepend.SH</userinput></screen> -->
<para>Prepare Perl for compilation (make sure to get the
'Data/Dumper Fcntl IO POSIX' part of the command correct—they are all
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