From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 28 12:14:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 542A437BAC0; Sun, 28 May 2000 12:14:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eogren@earthlink.net) Received: from rod.darktech.org (ip186.cambridge2.ma.pub-ip.psi.net [38.32.112.186]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA20692; Sun, 28 May 2000 12:14:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from eogren@localhost) by rod.darktech.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e4SJFUY12708; Sun, 28 May 2000 15:15:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 15:15:30 -0400 From: Eric Ogren To: John Daniels Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-RELEASE to 4.0-STABLE upgrade Message-ID: <20000528151530.A12647@earthlink.net> References: <20000528184808.46909.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000528184808.46909.qmail@hotmail.com>; from jmd526@hotmail.com on Sun, May 28, 2000 at 02:48:08PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 02:48:08PM -0400, John Daniels wrote: > > > Basically, my complaint was that the handbook says to edit /etc/make.conf > (specifically to enable options by removing the comment character), but > doesn't state that the file may need to be copied over. I figured this out > only *after* I finished, so I didn't have the options you listed above > (which the handbook states should be there). Simple things like this can > cause newbies (like myself) some trouble, and generate "stupid" questions on > mailing lists. Should this be a problem report (PR)? (I have never used > send-PR, maybe I should try) Yup, this is because the handbook is currently slightly out-of-date with the way things work now. This is known, and will hopefully be addressed soon. Eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message