Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:47:11 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> Cc: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world failed Message-ID: <20000403234711.A233@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004031529120.36725-100000@home.offwhite.net>; from brennan@offwhite.net on Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 03:41:22PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031310330.2634-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004031529120.36725-100000@home.offwhite.net>
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On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 03:41:22PM -0500, Brennan W Stehling wrote:
> You are a complete prick.
Whoa there. You are bang out of order here my friend. You may have a
difference of opinion with one or more others on the list, but
descending to personal abuse is unacceptable so please refrain from
such behaviour.
> Many people have agreed that there is a
> conflict in the documentation. I am not going to try to justify my
> actions for you. There is no point.
>
> You are an angry person and your comments are not constructive in any way.
> Other people have expressed their frustration that the documentation is
> sparse and that the UPDATING file which was empty for so long suddenly
> becomes a key component to the build process.
>
Which UPDATING? The one in 3.x will probably be empty, the one in 4.x
most certainly isn't. The one on my machine, last cvsup'd about a week
ago, contains entries going back to 19981118.
> If you cannot recognize that as a problem, you can piss off. I do not
> need to read the negative comments of a complete prick.
>
See above.
> Through my comments a few people have decided to put some effort into
> improving documentation and I am going to help in that effort.
>
> These efforts will result in a new site, greasydaemon.com.
>
> Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
> projects: www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com
>
> fortune:
> Atlee is a very modest man. And with reason.
> -- Winston Churchill
>
> On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Doug Barton wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Brennan W Stehling wrote:
> >
> > > Once again I get flamed.
> > >
> > > I am not saying I did not screw up the install. That is obvious, but the
> > > documentation did not give any warning that the 4.0 upgrade would not work
> > > as the ugprades from any of the 3.x upgrades did. I realize 4.0 has many
> > > radical changes, that is why I looked so hard to find more documentation
> > > on the site.
> >
> > And totally ignored the warnings you did see on the documentation
> > you did find.
> >
> > > I was subscribed to freebsd-announce and did not see anything on that list
> > > to offer warning.
> >
> > Because that's not the list for that type of subject matter.
> >
> > > The makeworld.html page has side notes for 2.2.5, but nothing for the
> > > current and stable versions. It just makes sense to me that any important
> > > changes would be reflect on that page. Afterall, it is the official
> > > FreeBSD handbook while the mailing list may not offer accurate help.
> >
> > Your logic is flawed.
> >
> > > In the future I think I will stick to reading online documentation and
> > > avoid the mailing lists.
> >
> > Which will guarantee that you will have additional problems, and
> > continue to point the finger of blame at others when viable solutions are
> > available to you.
> >
> > Doug
> > --
> > "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into
> > existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously.
> > The master simply replied, "Mu."
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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