Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 20:10:03 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/25922: "Complete FreeBSD" in third edition, not second Message-ID: <200103250410.f2P4A3Q38822@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/25922; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/25922: "Complete FreeBSD" in third edition, not second Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 13:33:40 +0930 On Saturday, 24 March 2001 at 14:23:25 -0800, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Hi grog > > Can you confirm this? I'll fix it if you're too busy to do it > yourself, but I'd like to get your "okay" first. > Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> writes: >> >>> Number: 25922 >>> Category: docs >>> Synopsis: "Complete FreeBSD" description outdated >> >> --- book.sgml~ Mon Mar 19 10:32:24 2001 >> +++ book.sgml Mon Mar 19 10:34:30 2001 >> @@ -602,13 +602,13 @@ >> <para>The definitive printed guide on FreeBSD is >> <quote>The Complete FreeBSD</quote>, written by Greg Lehey and >> published by BSDi (formerly Walnut Creek CDROM) Books. >> - Now in its second >> + Now in its third >> - edition, the book contains 1,750 pages of install & system >> + edition, the book contains 773 pages of install & system This one is OK. >> administration guidance, program setup help, and manual pages. >> The book (and current FreeBSD release) can be ordered from >> <ulink URL="http://www.osd.bsdi.com/">BSDi</ulink>, >> <ulink URL="http://www.cheapbytes.com/">CheapBytes</ulink>, or >> - at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-227-2.</para> >> + at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-246-9.</para> They've just done a reprint, and it's possible that the ISBN has changed. I had the copies in my hands a couple of days ago, but I don't have them any more. I'd say go ahead and commit the change, but maybe add the caveat that ISBN numbers are not unique. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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