Making references to the Wiki and Richard's References page.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3187 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

chapter01/contactinfo.xml

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ consult the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) at
 <title>IRC</title>
 
 <para>Several members of the LFS community offer assistance on our community
-IRC server. Before you utilize this mode of support, we ask that you've
-at least checked the LFS FAQ and the mailing list archives for the answer to
-your question.  You can find the IRC server at
-<emphasis>irc.linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis> port 6667.  The support channel
-is named #LFS-support.</para>
+IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server. Before you utilize this mode of support, we
+ask that you've at least checked the LFS FAQ (see above) and the mailing list
+archives (see below) for the answer to your question. You can find the IRC
+server at <emphasis>irc.linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis> port 6667. The
+support channel is named #LFS-support.</para>
 
 </sect2>
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mail.html"/>.</para>
 
 <para>All the mailing lists hosted at <emphasis>linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis>
 are also accessible via the NNTP server. All messages posted to a mailing list
-will be copied to the correspondent newsgroup, and vice versa.</para>
+are copied to the correspondent newsgroup, and vice versa.</para>
 
 <para>The news server can be reached at
 <emphasis>news.linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis>.</para>
@@ -54,6 +54,26 @@ will be copied to the correspondent newsgroup, and vice versa.</para>
 </sect2>
 
 
+<sect2 id="ch01-wiki">
+<title>Wiki</title>
+
+<para>For more information on a package, updated versions, tweaks, personal
+experiences, and so on, see the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/>. You
+can add information there yourself too, to help others.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 id="ch01-references">
+<title>References</title>
+
+<para>If you need still more detailed information on the packages,
+you will find useful pointers on this page:
+<ulink url="http://www.109bean.org.uk/LFS-references.html"/>.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
 <sect2 id="ch01-mirrors" xreflabel="Chapter 1 - Mirror sites">
 <title>Mirror sites</title>
 

chapter02/askforhelp.xml

@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ need.</para>
 <para>Many packages provide a test suite which, depending on the importance
 of the package, we may encourage you to run. Sometimes packages will
 generate false or expected failures. If you encounter these, you can check
-the LFS Wiki page at <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/"/> to see
-whether we have already investigated and noted them. If we already know
+the LFS Wiki page at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> to see whether we have
+already noted and investigated them. If we already know
 about them, then usually there is no need to be concerned.</para>
 
 </sect2>

chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ system is set up correctly in this regard by performing a simple test:</para>
 <blockquote><screen>The system has no more ptys.  Ask your system administrator to create more.</screen></blockquote>
 
 <para>Your host distribution is not set up for proper PTY operation. In this
-case there is no point in running the test suites for GCC and Binutils until you
-are able to resolve the issue. You can consult the LFS Wiki at
-<ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/"/> for more information on how to
-get PTYs working.</para>
+case there is no point in running the test suites for GCC and Binutils until
+you are able to resolve the issue. You can consult the LFS Wiki at
+<ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> for more information on how to get PTYs
+working.</para>
 
 <para>This time we will build both the C and the C++ compilers, so you'll have
 to unpack all three GCC tarballs (-core, -g++, and -testsuite) in one and the

chapter05/tcl.xml

@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ exercised correctly. More information on the TZ environment variable will be
 given later on in <xref linkend="chapter07"/>.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
-<para>Sometimes, package test suites will give false failures.  You can
-consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/"/>
-to verify that these failures are normal.  This applies to all tests
-throughout the book.</para>
+<para>Sometimes package test suites will give false failures. You can
+consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> to verify that these
+failures are normal. This applies to all tests throughout the book.</para>
 
 <para>Install the package:</para>
 

index.xml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 <!ENTITY hints-index "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/list.html">
 <!ENTITY blfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/">
 <!ENTITY patches-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/cvs/">
+<!ENTITY wiki-root "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/">
 <!ENTITY tldp-root "http://www.tldp.org/">
 
 <!ENTITY all-size-version "cvs-2003-10-06">