Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:54:18 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020127155418.G32706@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <02012713091300.01261@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> References: <200201260704.g0Q74u864537@fedde.littleton.co.us> <02012713091300.01261@BAPhD.gihon.org.au>
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> From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:09:13 +1030
>
> On Saturday 26 January 2002 17:34, Chris Fedde wrote:
> > You might want to submit a patch to the FreeBSD Documentation project.
>
> Want? - Yes. Be capable of? - No.
Sure you are capable of submitting patches to man pages. Here's a
short howto:
1. step: find the source file:
roman@roman ~ > locate passwd.1
[...]
/usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cat1/passwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1.gz
[...]
/usr/src/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
2. get the current revision of the file. if you update your sources
with cvs, you'll know what to do. otherwise, I suggest this
approach:
2.1: www.freebsd.org -> the link "CVS repository" on the left ->
"web interface".
2.2: navigate to the path "locate passwd.1" gave you, i. e.
src/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
2.3: find the latest revision on the MAIN branch (1.23 as I write
this) and download it.
3. edit the file:
It says:
If the user is not the super-user,
.Nm
first prompts for the current password and will not continue unless the correct
password is entered.
.Nm is obviously a macro that the processor replaces with the name
of the manpage (or something like that), and looks like it needs to
be on a line alone. Keep this requirement (that is, if your proposed
change includes the word "passwd", use the macro), and replace this
sentence with whatever you like.
4. generate the patch:
You want to keep a copy of the 1.23 rev. unchanged for this step:
diff -u passwd.1.orig passwd.1 > passwd.1.patch
5. send the patch:
see send-pr(1), or use the web interface at www.freebsd.org
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