Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:46:15 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/44396: Section 15.1 of the Porter's Handbook is no longer applicable Message-ID: <20021025104615.GB7415@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20021025103619.GM70503@vectors.cx> References: <200210242100.g9OL0AGV025120@freefall.freebsd.org> <20021025103619.GM70503@vectors.cx>
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 03:36:19AM -0700, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >> (10.24.2002 @ 1400 PST): Tom Hukins said, in 1.1K: << > > > The section could stay around, and just become a Don't... "Don't strip > > > unless you have to." > > > > That makes sense. > > What are your thoughts on this: > > =================================================================== > RCS file: > /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.248 > diff -u -r1.248 book.sgml > --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml 8 Oct > 2002 04:52:43 -00001.248 > +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml 25 Oct > 2002 10:32:23 -0000 Can you tell mutt not to wrap and post this again? It's hard to read. > @@ -3938,19 +3938,27 @@ > doing.</para> > > <sect1> > - <title>Strip Binaries</title> > + <title>Stripping Binaries</title> > > - <para>Do strip binaries. If the original source already strips > the > - binaries, fine; otherwise you should add a > - <literal>post-install</literal> rule to it yourself. Here is > an > - example:</para> > + <para>Don't strip binaries manually unless you have to. All binaries This indentation doesn't look consistent with the stuff you've removed. That might be down to the line wrap again though. Also, you have contraction in there : "Don't". These are generally to be avoided, so could you change that to "Do not" ? > + should be stripped, but the <maketarget>INSTALL_PROGRAM</maketarget> > + macro will install and strip a bnary at the same time (see the next s/bnary/binary/ > + <para>If you need to strip a file, but don't wish to use the s/don't/do not/ again. The actual content looks really good though, thanks again! Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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