diff --git a/Attic/appendixc/ldso.xml b/Attic/appendixc/ldso.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e482df013..000000000
--- a/Attic/appendixc/ldso.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Ld.so (&ld.so-version;):
-
-ftp://ftp.ods.com/pub/linux/
-
diff --git a/Attic/appendixc/manpages-patch.xml b/Attic/appendixc/manpages-patch.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c32cd6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Attic/appendixc/manpages-patch.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Man-pages Patch (&man-pages-version;):
+
+&ftp;/
+
+&http;/
+
diff --git a/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml b/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml
index a1ee05fdd..f7f876821 100644
--- a/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml
+++ b/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ package quicker.
&ac-kbd;
&ac-e2fsprogs;
&ac-ed;
-&ac-ldso;
&ac-lilo;
&ac-modutils;
&ac-vim;
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ package quicker.
&ac-sysvinit-patch;
&ac-utillinux;
&ac-manpages;
+&ac-manpages-patch;
&ac-netkitbase;
&ac-nettools;
diff --git a/appendixa/appendixa.xml b/appendixa/appendixa.xml
index e18e92084..84cb3b921 100644
--- a/appendixa/appendixa.xml
+++ b/appendixa/appendixa.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
&aa-gettext;
&aa-grep;
&aa-gzip;
-&aa-ldso;
&aa-libtool;
&aa-bin86;
&aa-lilo;
diff --git a/appendixa/ldso-desc.xml b/appendixa/ldso-desc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cac7cbeee..000000000
--- a/appendixa/ldso-desc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Contents
-
-
-From the Ld.so package we're using the ldconfig and ldd man pages only.
-The ldconfig and ldd binaries themselves come with Glibc.
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/appendixa/ldso.xml b/appendixa/ldso.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 60c1fdb7d..000000000
--- a/appendixa/ldso.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-Ld.so
-
-&aa-ldso-desc;
-
-
-
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 56bd44c01..d4a670418 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ couple of the installed files are shell scripts rather than programs,
so they can't be stripped.
+
+Chapter 6: Removed the ld.so section since we only used the man pages and
+replaced it with a patch to man-pages.
+
+
Chapter 7: Fixed the delays in the killproc function in the functions
script. Now, after kill, first check PIDs, then sleep 2 if needed. More
diff --git a/chapter04/manpages-patch.xml b/chapter04/manpages-patch.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d23cfbae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter04/manpages-patch.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Man-pages Patch (&man-pages-version;) 3.2 KB:
+
+ &ftp;/man-pages-&man-pages-version;.patch.bz2
+
+ &http;/man-pages-&man-pages-version;.patch.bz2
+
diff --git a/chapter04/packages.xml b/chapter04/packages.xml
index 1686900f4..057fa90b2 100644
--- a/chapter04/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter04/packages.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
&c3-glibc;
&c3-glibc-threads;
&c3-manpages;
+&c3-manpages-patch;
&c3-ed;
&c3-patch;
&c3-findutils;
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@
&c3-bin86;
&c3-kbd;
&c3-e2fsprogs;
-&c3-ldso;
&c3-lilo;
&c3-modutils;
&c3-procinfo;
diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml
index cf197bd06..cd208ee5d 100644
--- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml
+++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
&c6-fileutils;
&c6-grep;
&c6-gzip;
-&c6-ldso;
&c6-lilo;
&c6-make;
&c6-modutils;
diff --git a/chapter06/ldso-inst.xml b/chapter06/ldso-inst.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 011a87251..000000000
--- a/chapter06/ldso-inst.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-
-Installation of Ld.so
-
-
-Install Ld.so by running the following commands:
-
-
-
- cd man &&
- cp ldd.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
- cp *.8 /usr/share/man/man8
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/chapter06/ldso.xml b/chapter06/ldso.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 670f3bc2b..000000000
--- a/chapter06/ldso.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-Installing Ld.so
-
-&c6-ldso-inst;
-&aa-ldso-desc;
-
-
diff --git a/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml b/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml
index e7fade0d6..cf0fbd8bb 100644
--- a/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Install Man-pages by running the following command:
+ patch -Np1 -i ../man-pages-&man-pages-version;.patch
+ &&
make install
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index dedc3d8c0..52b41e039 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
+
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@
-
@@ -245,8 +245,6 @@
-
-
@@ -404,8 +402,6 @@
-
-
@@ -485,6 +481,7 @@
+
@@ -506,7 +503,6 @@
-
@@ -559,7 +555,6 @@
-