From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 21:43:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 025C91065695 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:43:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (brucec-1-pt.tunnel.tserv4.nyc4.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f06:c09::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9068FC13 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:43:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48BD0192D9; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:43:23 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on muon X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from gluon (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:240:f4ff:fe57:9871]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:43:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:43:19 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Frank Shute Message-ID: <20081229214319.65a008a1@gluon> In-Reply-To: <20081229202717.GA78262@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20081229124558.43cefc56@gumby.homeunix.com> <200812292039.43242.masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> <20081229202717.GA78262@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Masoom Shaikh , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: local copy of handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:43:26 -0000 On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +0000 Frank Shute wrote: > You can keep a local copy of the docs & update the sources for the > docs with csup but you have to regenerate them with a make command > after you have csup'd. > > The process is described within this page I just put up: > > http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/freebsd_uptodate.html > > There maybe some errors there or things I've missed, so apologies for > that in advance. Any questions, just drop me an email. > > It's good practice IMO to have a locally updated copy of the handbook. > > You always need the handbook when your 'net connection is down ;) Are the docs branched? I tried running a csup with tag=RELENG_7 and nothing got created; changing the line doc-all to doc-all tag=. fixed it and fetched all the docs. -- Bruce Cran