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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1996-07-27 22:25:19 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1996-07-27 22:25:19 +0000
commit4efa60cee22db3c8145632aed7b859e52c91b81b (patch)
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parentcf1f09a9b82d85051127bffdfa7830edc7eeabc8 (diff)
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Fix bogon with freebsd-stable mailing list entity.
Make the sup documentation a little more lively. Fix bogon in current docs.
-rw-r--r--share/doc/handbook/current.sgml22
-rw-r--r--share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml6
-rw-r--r--share/doc/handbook/sup.sgml48
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml
index 73fede0..60c7cbb 100644
--- a/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml
+++ b/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: current.sgml,v 1.12 1996/07/04 01:44:31 jkh Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: current.sgml,v 1.13 1996/07/09 07:29:13 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
THE FREEBSD CURRENT POLICY
-Last updated: $Date: 1996/07/04 01:44:31 $
+Last updated: $Date: 1996/07/09 07:29:13 $
This document attempts to explain the rationale behind
FreeBSD-current, what you should expect should you decide to run it,
@@ -70,15 +70,13 @@ ask! It takes far too much time to do this as a general task.
We do our best to help people genuinely in one of the 3
``legitimate'' FreeBSD-current categories, but we simply <em>do not
- have the time</em> to help every person who jumps into FreeBSD-current
- with more enthusiasm than knowledge of how to deal with
- experimental system software. This is not because we are mean and
- nasty people who do not like helping people out (we would not even be
- doing FreeBSD if we were), it is literally because we cannot answer
- 400 messages a day <em>and</em> actually work on FreeBSD! I am sure
- that, if given the choice between having us answer lots of questions or
- continuing to improve FreeBSD, most of you would vote for us
- improving it.
+ have the time</em> to provide tech support for it.
+ This is not because we are mean and nasty people who do not like
+ helping people out (we would not even be doing FreeBSD if we were),
+ it is literally because we cannot answer 400 messages a day
+ <em>and</em> actually work on FreeBSD! I am sure that, if given
+ the choice between having us answer lots of questions or continuing to
+ improve FreeBSD, most of you would vote for us improving it.
</enum>
<sect><heading>Using FreeBSD-current</heading>
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ ask! It takes far too much time to do this as a general task.
<item> Use ftp. The source tree for FreeBSD-current is always
"exported" on:
- <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable"
+ <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current">
We also use `wu-ftpd' which allows compressed/tar'd grabbing
of whole trees. e.g. you see:
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml
index 37b6434..b7931e4 100644
--- a/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml
+++ b/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: lists.sgml,v 1.1 1996/05/16 23:18:06 mpp Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: lists.sgml,v 1.2 1996/07/04 01:44:31 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!--
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ and double quotes.
name='&lt;freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>">
<!ENTITY a.stable "FreeBSD-stable mailing list
- <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'
- name='&lt;freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>">
+ <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG'
+ name='&lt;freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>">
<!ENTITY a.majordomo "<tt><htmlurl url='mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG'
name='&lt;majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>">
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/sup.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/sup.sgml
index 0ce7d02..28fc16c 100644
--- a/share/doc/handbook/sup.sgml
+++ b/share/doc/handbook/sup.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: sup.sgml,v 1.15 1996/05/16 23:18:25 mpp Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: sup.sgml,v 1.16 1996/07/04 01:44:33 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
@@ -11,35 +11,41 @@ purpose of this document is get the beginner up and running with sup.
<sect1><heading>Getting setup</heading>
-<p>Starting with FreeBSD 2.1, sup is supplied as part of the base
-system and no separate installation is required.
-
-SUP gets the information it needs to run from a configuration file
-called a supfile. This file should be found in
-<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/standard-supfile</tt> for the standard
-distributions.
-This file tells sup what collections it will be updating
-and/or installing and where they go. This supfile will sup the current source
-collection. For ports please have a look at
-<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/ports-supfile</tt>. If you are interested
-in obtaining the cvs files that make up the source tree, refer to
-<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/cvs-supfile</tt>. If you would rather
-track changes to the -stable release, refer to
-<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/stable-supfile</tt>
-instead.
+<p>SUP gets the information it needs to run from a configuration file
+called a supfile. There are different example supfiles provided
+for different source releases of FreeBSD. The
+<htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/examples/sup/standard-supfile"
+name="/usr/share/examples/sup/standard-supfile"> file, for example,
+contains sup information for the latest standard FreeBSD source
+distributions - it tells sup what collections it will be updating
+and/or installing and where they go. Someone using this particular
+supfile is said to be supping <ref id="current" name="-current">.
+<p>For ports, please have a look at
+<htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/examples/sup/ports-supfile"
+name="/usr/share/examples/sup/ports-supfile">.<p>
+If you are interested in obtaining the
+<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb" name="CVS"> files
+that make up the source tree, refer to
+<htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/examples/sup/cvs-supfile"
+name="/usr/share/examples/sup/cvs-supfile">.<p>
+If you would rather track changes to the -stable branch, refer to
+<htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/examples/sup/stable-supfile"
+name="/usr/share/examples/sup/stable-supfile"> instead.
If you are inside the United States, you may also uncomment
the `secure' and `eBones' collection lines to grab the DES code.
If you are outside the
U.S., you should NOT sup this code from sup.FreeBSD.ORG as this will
violate U.S. export restrictions. Instead you should use the
-<tt>secure-supfile</tt> found within the above directory. This will
+<htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/examples/sup/secure-supfile"
+name="secure-supfile"> in the sup examples directory. This will
connect you to the international sup site that contains a secure distribution.
Any distributions you do not wish to receive can be commented out
with a &num; at the beginning of the distribution line.
Please consult the file
-<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/README</tt>
+<htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/examples/sup/README"
+name="/usr/share/examples/sup/README">
for a list of alternate sup servers. The default sup server (sup.FreeBSD.ORG)
listed in the above example files is currently overloaded and any traffic
that can be transfered to a different host will help relieve some of
@@ -60,8 +66,8 @@ join the &a.current . You should also be sure to read
<ref id="current" name="Staying current with FreeBSD">
for important information on just what we can and cannot do for you as
a -current user. If you are using the stable-supfile, please
-join the &a.stable and read <ref id="stable" name="Staying stable with FreeBSD">
-.
+join the &a.stable and read
+<ref id="stable" name="Staying stable with FreeBSD">.
<sect1><heading>Description of FreeBSD SUP distributions</heading>
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