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@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para>
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<para>The build instructions assume that you are using the
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<userinput>bash</userinput> shell. It is also expected that you have already
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-unpacked the sources and performed a <userinput>cd</userinput> into the source
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+unpacked a source package (while logged in as user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> --
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+explained shortly) and performed a <userinput>cd</userinput> into the source
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directory of a package before issuing its build commands.</para>
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<para>Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when
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the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. Often the patch is needed in
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both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. Therefore,
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-don't worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
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+don't worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing. When
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+applying a patch you'll occasionally see a warning message about
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+<emphasis>offset</emphasis> or <emphasis>fuzz</emphasis>. These warnings are
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+nothing to worry about as the patch was still successfully applied.</para>
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<para>During the installation of most packages you will
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see all kinds of compiler warnings scroll by on your screen. These are
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Greg Schafer