Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:24:01 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/159220: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <20110727002401.GA61591@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1107261951450.7526@multics.mit.edu> References: <201107262349.p6QNnKTa060909@red.freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1107261951450.7526@multics.mit.edu>
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On Tue Jul 26 11, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > 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." thanks. can we get this committed, please? > > -Ben Kaduk
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