Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 01:49:14 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@speakeasy.org> Cc: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world failed Message-ID: <20000404014914.A42566@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031534220.43286-100000@mammalia.sea>; from R Joseph Wright on Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 03:55:59PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031310330.2634-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031534220.43286-100000@mammalia.sea>
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On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 03:55:59PM -0700, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> Sorry to jump in in the middle of this thread, but I must agree with
> Brennan that FreeBSD's online documentation is woefully incomplete. A
> person upgrading from 3.x to 4.0-release shouldn't have to subscribe to a
> mailing list.
Indeed, and they don't. You could download 4.0 and install it over your
existing 3.0 installation, or use /stand/sysinstall's "Upgrade" option.
It only becomes tricky when you want to upgrade using "make world".
Trying to bootstrap one system from another is a *hard* problem. You
should not expect to be able to do it by reading three lines and running
one command.
> I'd like to see the FreeBSD handbook achieve that level of quality and
> detail. At that point, I think the flames people get for not reading the
> docs would make more sense.
>
> I'd be glad to help in this area, as I'm a very good writer. Can someone
> point me in the right direction?
docs@freebsd.org
http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/docproj-primer/
N
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