From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 00:07:47 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 417EA106567D; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:07:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-4.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C303A8FC19; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:07:46 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190f-b7b44ae000000a24-0a-4e2f52b6baa8 Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 07.D5.02596.6B25F2E4; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:50:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id p6QNqipk030472; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:52:44 -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 p6QNqfFk008850 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:52:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id p6QNqf5T013333; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:52:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:52:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Alexander Best In-Reply-To: <201107262349.p6QNnKTa060909@red.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201107262349.p6QNnKTa060909@red.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrLIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrrstSN/P4G+LsUX753lMFqfOdLFa tDxZze7A7DHj03yWAMYoLpuU1JzMstQifbsErozpnxrZC05zV/ze2MLSwPiXo4uRk0NCwERi 15UuZghbTOLCvfVsILaQwD5GiW1zHboYuYDsDYwS29/PZYFwDjBJzPswlRnCaWCUWLythQmk hUVAW6Ll80wwm01ARWLmm41go0QENCS2NTwGW8EsYCuxZ8ITMFtYwF5i2e1vLCA2p4CVRMeF KYwgNq+Ag8TPzWuZIM6wlPi06gFYjaiAjsTq/VNYIGoEJU7OfMICMdNS4tyf62wTGAVnIUnN QpJawMi0ilE2JbdKNzcxM6c4NVm3ODkxLy+1SNdELzezRC81pXQTIyhUOSX5dzB+O6h0iFGA g1GJh5dhsq6fEGtiWXFl7iFGSQ4mJVHe3f76fkJ8SfkplRmJxRnxRaU5qcWHGCU4mJVEeHf8 1/MT4k1JrKxKLcqHSUlzsCiJ85Z7//cVEkhPLEnNTk0tSC2CycpwcChJ8B4DxqSQYFFqempF WmZOCUKaiYMTZDgP0PDtIDW8xQWJucWZ6RD5U4yKUuK8i0ASAiCJjNI8uF5YKnnFKA70ijDv LpAqHmAagut+BTSYCeRqHbDBJYkIKakGxvopH2rvvr66IbTkZ26vpPziB0L9HO/2fflnceep Vo4Ys1tlVYht6E5Wh8T2oO1uR69u/aojJvD354d9fP7erbq/nd9M3sobUOEhU9ez5xtb2xav 5Iotmbt2Ka2Ilk0Ii9TqClfrjD6RLtf9eibTsQkNy1+Fa20+5bJuY9G5dv2qjYtnikyZoMRS nJFoqMVcVJwIANenSy0AAwAA 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: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:07:47 -0000 On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Alexander Best wrote: > >> Number: 159220 >> Category: docs >> Synopsis: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING >> Confidential: no >> Severity: non-critical >> Priority: low >> Responsible: freebsd-doc >> State: open >> Quarter: >> Keywords: >> Date-Required: >> Class: doc-bug >> Submitter-Id: current-users >> Arrival-Date: Tue Jul 26 23:50:04 UTC 2011 >> Closed-Date: >> Last-Modified: >> Originator: Alexander Best >> Release: 9.0-CURRENT >> Organization: >> Environment: > FreeBSD otaku 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r224294=bc9530b-dirty: Sun Jul 24 23:47:48 CEST 2011 arundel@otaku:/usr/obj/usr/git-freebsd-head/sys/ARUNDEL amd64 >> Description: > 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." -Ben Kaduk