From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 23 15:07:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A4CE16A421 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:07:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from gaia.nimnet.asn.au (nimbin.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.45.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FBE913C47E for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (smithi@localhost) by gaia.nimnet.asn.au (8.8.8/8.8.8R1.5) with SMTP id CAA04694; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:07:41 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:07:40 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Daniel Gerzo In-Reply-To: <20080122021018.3F6A816A418@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ipfw(8) doc bug? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:07:46 -0000 On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:07:19 +0100 Daniel Gerzo wrote: > Monday, January 21, 2008, 2:42:53 PM, you wrote: > > > I was just browsing various versions of ipfw(8) such as: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.3-stable&format=html > > > and noticed that (and 6.3-RELEASE) manuals sport 'FreeBSD 7.0' footers, > > however the proper FreeBSD 7 manual includes the new 'ipfw nat' section, > > so is different in at least that respect. > > As far as I know, this isn't a bug. The reason why you see "FreeBSD > 7.0" in the footer is that the machine, which is serving the online > manuals is running 7.0, but the real content of the man page is the > same as you will find in the 6.3-RELEASE. Ah that explains it, thanks Daniel. Strangely perhaps, the 4.10 online manual did say 4.10, but various others - before and since - say 7.0 .. they all seem to have the original dates in the footers. Saves a PR :) cheers, Ian