Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:51 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: local copy of handbook Message-ID: <20081230061251.GA80902@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081229214319.65a008a1@gluon> References: <b10011eb0812282046j7b784d82q492c8b10cb46db06@mail.gmail.com> <20081229124558.43cefc56@gumby.homeunix.com> <200812292039.43242.masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> <20081229202717.GA78262@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20081229214319.65a008a1@gluon>
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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 09:43:19PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +0000 > Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> 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
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