Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:30:29 GMT From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/62364: Misleading information in the handbook Message-ID: <200410191130.i9JBUSXJ042320@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/62364; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: FreeBSD Gnats Submit <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/62364: Misleading information in the handbook Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:27:08 +0100 On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:20:26AM +0000, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/62364; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> > To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, agley@optusnet.com.au > Cc: > Subject: Re: docs/62364: Misleading information in the handbook > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:14:26 -0500 > > John Duncan wrote: > > Section 11.4.1.3 of the handbook suggests using /dev/fd/3 to capture Ghostscript output. This device is no longer > present on FreeBSD by default and when I tried to install it using fdescfs Ghostscript could not access it. This > could put off new users. > % grep /fd/ * > pgpkeys-developers.html:W4tUdPq/fd/u54L7tUTo4lK7Os6JVwR3AfBtnyVR41j4QAu0yRW0JokCHAQTAQIA > printing-advanced.html:class="FILENAME">.dvi</tt> so using <tt > class="FILENAME">/dev/fd/0</tt> for standard > printing-advanced.html:class="FILENAME">/dev/fd/0</tt>, thereby forcing > <tt class="COMMAND">dvilj2p</tt> to read > printing-advanced.html:ln -s /dev/fd/0 hpdf$$.dvi || fatal "Cannot > symlink /dev/fd/0" > > Perhaps this can be closed? Well there's a /dev/fd/0 there which suffers from the same problem. Ceri --
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