Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:43:42 -0600 From: "Dinesh Punjabi" <dpunjabi@nyx.net> To: "Ben Smithurst" <ben@FreeBSD.org>, "Mark Ovens" <marko@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <doc@FreeBSD.org>, "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> Subject: Re: 18.4.7. Update /etc (this section is very confusing) Message-ID: <001501c00ff2$257bda70$14fa90cc@intersols.com> References: <000701c00a52$6a793be0$14fa90cc@intersols.com> <20000820043554.Q58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <000901c00ac5$29fa79d0$14fa90cc@intersols.com> <20000820195929.X58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000820212625.K254@parish> <20000820221742.E84036@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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I have some similar issues with section 18.4, make world. It tells me about various options towards the latter part of the section. It would seem to me that you would want the (impatient) users (like me!) to know about all the options upfront, before having them do a make. For example, things are documented in the following order: make -DNOPROFILE=true target make world (target) and if you wish to save your output(s), do, script .... and, by the way, you could do make buildworld or installworld I thing you would probably want to talk about saving your make session, buildworld and installworld BEFORE "make world" or maybe put a comment right upfront such as "you should read this entire section before you do a make". As always, thanks for your help and co-operation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Smithurst" <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: "Mark Ovens" <marko@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Dinesh Punjabi" <dpunjabi@nyx.net>; <doc@FreeBSD.org>; "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 3:17 PM Subject: Re: 18.4.7. Update /etc (this section is very confusing) > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > BTW, the diffs (snipped) look OK as an interim solution. > > well, there were a few little typos, which I've fixed, so once I've > checked it over again a couple of times I might commit it. > > -- > Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D > FreeBSD Documentation Project / > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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