From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 03:54:16 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99045106567F; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:54:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-1.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209EC8FC12; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:54:15 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190c-b7bdeae000000a26-71-4e4dde20c967 Received: from mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.35]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 73.4D.02598.02EDD4E4; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:53:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id p7J3sFVu031035; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:54:15 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (MULTICS.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.73]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id p7J3sDhd025821 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:54:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id p7J3sCcS027690; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:54:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:54:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Alexander Best In-Reply-To: <20110816224010.GA84231@freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201107262349.p6QNnKTa060909@red.freebsd.org> <20110816224010.GA84231@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-559023410-589170569-1313726052=:7526" X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrGKsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixCmqrKtwz9fP4M0cFYv2z/OYLE6d6WK1 aHmymt2B2WPGp/ksAYxRXDYpqTmZZalF+nYJXBkrWrvZCtaJVvRtlG9gvCXUxcjJISFgIvHh yj42CFtM4sK99UA2F4eQwD5GiQl9T1ggnA2MEtNvbWOEcA4wSZx48YkdwmlglNh6diZYP4uA tsTCxSeYQWw2ARWJmW82gsVFBDQktjU8BoszC9hK7JnwBMwWFrCXWHb7GwuIzSlgKNGwcB8r iM0r4CDR868VattkoAUzbzCCJEQFdCRW75/CAlEkKHFy5hMWiKH+EveOL2GewCg4C0lqFpIU hG0pce7PdTYI20ni16GvjBC2osTmA7tZIWwHifNH/kDViEqsuDEHqsZa4sSkm4wLGDlWMcqm 5Fbp5iZm5hSnJusWJyfm5aUW6Rrq5WaW6KWmlG5iBEePJM8OxjcHlQ4xCnAwKvHwLtD19RNi TSwrrsw9xCjJwaQkyvvvLlCILyk/pTIjsTgjvqg0J7X4EKMEB7OSCO/ni0A53pTEyqrUonyY lDQHi5I478EdDn5CAumJJanZqakFqUUwWRkODiUJXh5gkhASLEpNT61Iy8wpQUgzcXCCDOcB Gi4DUsNbXJCYW5yZDpE/xagoJc57EeQiAZBERmkeXC8sub1iFAd6RZj3G0gVDzAxwnW/AhrM BDRYapcPyOCSRISUVAOj8ctP0x49/n6w4sydo8HP61l3VAiq7AtczHVGOOzGndU8yx52bjZQ D2PanHJIOWQ/r27Ck1thgk7OG/lrw3WS7WZzal86s4Xrzu3HcoqBh93W/TS+d6Exiu9GnPGp /WsWX1WKeZhgaFlYuVGcW71qtsrC7idHKu9/vaPQcVZzt8XijR8zPWReKbEUZyQaajEXFScC AFVLnF1JAwAA Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/159220: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:54:16 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-589170569-1313726052=:7526 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Alexander Best wrote: > On Tue Jul 26 11, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Alexander Best wrote: >> >>> In /usr/src/UPDATING, almost at the very end of the file, there's the >>> following sentence: >>> >>> "This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major >>> breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed here, >>> and it only starts on October 16, 2004. Updating files can found in >>> previous releases if your system is older than this." >>> >>> The last sentence seems quite broken. At least I haven't got a clue what >>> it's supposed to mean. >> >> "If you need to see entries from the UPDATING file which are older than >> 2004/10/16, go get the UPDATING file from a previous &os; release, and it >> will have a better chance of including what you're looking for." > > could we please please please get this fixed before 9.0? I seem to recall there was discussion of this on IRC around the time it was sent in, though I don't have records of it handy. Anyway, here, have a more suitable wording in the form of a patch. -Ben Kaduk ---559023410-589170569-1313726052=:7526 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name=UPDATING.diff.txt Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=UPDATING.diff.txt LS0tIFVQREFUSU5HLm9yaWcJMjAxMS0wOC0xOCAyMzo0OTozNS4wMDAwMDAw MDAgLTA0MDANCisrKyBVUERBVElORwkyMDExLTA4LTE4IDIzOjUyOjMxLjAw MDAwMDAwMCAtMDQwMA0KQEAgLTE0NTYsOSArMTQ1NiwxMCBAQA0KIEZPUk1B VDoNCiANCiBUaGlzIGZpbGUgY29udGFpbnMgYSBsaXN0LCBpbiByZXZlcnNl IGNocm9ub2xvZ2ljYWwgb3JkZXIsIG9mIG1ham9yDQotYnJlYWthZ2VzIGlu IHRyYWNraW5nIC1jdXJyZW50LiAgTm90IGFsbCB0aGluZ3Mgd2lsbCBiZSBs aXN0ZWQgaGVyZSwNCi1hbmQgaXQgb25seSBzdGFydHMgb24gT2N0b2JlciAx NiwgMjAwNC4gIFVwZGF0aW5nIGZpbGVzIGNhbiBmb3VuZCBpbg0KLXByZXZp b3VzIHJlbGVhc2VzIGlmIHlvdXIgc3lzdGVtIGlzIG9sZGVyIHRoYW4gdGhp cy4NCiticmVha2FnZXMgaW4gdHJhY2tpbmcgLWN1cnJlbnQuICBJdCBpcyBu b3QgZ3VhcmFudGVlZCB0byBiZSBhIGNvbXBsZXRlDQorbGlzdCBvZiBzdWNo IGJyZWFrYWdlcywgYW5kIG9ubHkgY29udGFpbnMgZW50cmllcyBzaW5jZSBP Y3RvYmVyIDE2LCAyMDA0Lg0KK0lmIHlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIHNlZSBVUERBVElO RyBlbnRyaWVzIGZyb20gYmVmb3JlIHRoYXQgZGF0ZSwgeW91IHdpbGwgbmVl ZA0KK3RvIGZldGNoIGFuIFVQREFUSU5HIGZpbGUgZnJvbSBhbiBvbGRlciBG cmVlQlNEIHJlbGVhc2UuDQogDQogQ29weXJpZ2h0IGluZm9ybWF0aW9uOg0K IA0K ---559023410-589170569-1313726052=:7526--