From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 06:13:03 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 AFEC810656C3 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BD328FC1B for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:13:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LHXqb-0000hQ-Pa; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:57 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id mBU6CuRk019623; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:57 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 93DCEFCB841; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:51 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:51 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Bruce Cran Message-ID: <20081230061251.GA80902@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Bruce Cran , Masoom Shaikh , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081229124558.43cefc56@gumby.homeunix.com> <200812292039.43242.masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> <20081229202717.GA78262@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20081229214319.65a008a1@gluon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081229214319.65a008a1@gluon> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:57 +0000 (GMT) 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 Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:13:04 -0000 On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 09:43:19PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > > 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. > Hi Bruce, As Giorgios points out, the docs aren't branched. I'll try & make it clearer on that page that it's only for SUPFILE(source) that there is a branch you have to follow. PORTSSUPFILE(ports) & DOCSUPFILE(docs) are just given the current tag, which they should have by default. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html