On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 04:51:23PM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 03:50:47PM -0500, alex lupu wrote: > > I would like to submit for your consideration the following changes > > to the Section "III. 6.7. Linux-3.12.6 API Headers" of the > > "Linux From Scratch - Version SVN-20140102" book. > > > > 1. After the paragraph > > > > " ..: This is done by > > way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux > > kernel source tarball.", > > > > I would insert: > > > > Note: > > For the meaning of the action "sanitizing" (in this context), run command > > sh scripts/headers_install.sh | sed s/echo// > > and in the output read the section between "Prepares " and " keywords." > > (output, lines 3-6). > > > > I don't find that helpful. At all. > Please note that I'm not intending to shut you off here - _I_ know what is meant by sanitizing the headers (or, I think I do), but the book doesn't go into any detail. Maybe we ought to change the chapter 5 reference to 'sanitizing' (5.6) - that is where we first mention it. At the moment we say
"This is done by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux kernel source tarball." perhaps change to "... source tarball (to make them fit for use by userspace applications)". But I've been doing this stuff for years, back to the days of linux-libc-headers and clfs's own attempt. Not sure if my wording would add anything useful for new readers, or if it would just sow confusion. And anyway, I'm too busy to do any development at the moment. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
