diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index fc3770d89..3b3a3dffa 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
+September 24th, 2003 [greg]: Various changes across the board
+addressing Bug 675.
+
September 22nd, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Creating the /etc/fstab
file: Made mounting devpts the default.
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml
index 8b9328755..7ac9f31c3 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ make LDFLAGS="-all-static"
LDFLAGS="-all-static": This tells the
linker that all the Binutils programs should be linked statically. However,
-strictly speaking, "-all-static" is first passed on to
-the libtool program which then passes
+strictly speaking, "-all-static" is first passed to the
+libtool program which then passes
"-static" on to the linker.
diff --git a/chapter06/config-glibc.xml b/chapter06/config-glibc.xml
index d36ab4af8..0700099d0 100644
--- a/chapter06/config-glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/config-glibc.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ or Canada/Eastern. Then create the
cp --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern /etc/localtime
+The meaning of the option:
+
+
+--remove-destination: This is needed to
+force removal of the already existing symbolic link. The reason why we copy
+instead of symlink is to cover the situation where /usr is
+on a separate partition. This could matter, for example, when booted into single
+user mode.
+
+
Of course, instead of Canada/Eastern, fill in
the name of the time zone that the tzselect script
gave you.
diff --git a/chapter06/file-inst.xml b/chapter06/file-inst.xml
index 51f410bf1..9c695ad7c 100644
--- a/chapter06/file-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/file-inst.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
Prepare File for compilation:
-./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/usr/share/misc
+./configure --prefix=/usr
Compile the package:
diff --git a/chapter06/man-inst.xml b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
index 682010bbc..40b452137 100644
--- a/chapter06/man-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ directory.
PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin ./configure -default -confdir=/etc
+The meaning of the configure options:
+
+
+-default: This tells the configure script
+to select a sensible set of default options. For example: only English man
+pages, no message catalogs, man not suid, handle compressed man pages, compress
+cat pages, create cat pages whenever the appropriate directory exists, follow
+FHS by putting cat pages under /var/cache/man provided that that directory
+exists.
+
+-confdir=/etc: This tells the
+man program to look for the man.conf
+configuration file in the /etc directory.
+
+
Compile the package:
make
diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml b/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml
index e29343e30..2fd1fed62 100644
--- a/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml
@@ -21,10 +21,17 @@ following command will do so:
make install
-And install the components belonging in a TeX installation:
+And optionally install the components belonging in a TeX installation:
make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex
+The meaning of the make option:
+
+
+TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf: The TEXMF
+makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for
+example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.
+
+
-