Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:34:19 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Fedde Schaeffer <fedde.schaeffer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, wblock@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dead link in handbook Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1602200821350.64002@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CACk0=Kuqc_7H6YVBxS1wT_b5-fryWiTLk%2BvCfzroLNnjOoy=2w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACk0=Kuqc_7H6YVBxS1wT_b5-fryWiTLk%2BvCfzroLNnjOoy=2w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 20 Feb 2016, Fedde Schaeffer wrote: > Good day, > > On > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html > , in a note under ˇ4.5.3.1. Upgrading Ports Using Portmaster˘, I found a > link to http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&sektion=8 , at > which no manpage could be found. I believe this is because the default > manpath includes only the base FreeBSD system and not ports, as > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+10.2-RELEASE > and > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+10.2-RELEASE+and+Ports > do display it. Yes, this has been a problem for a while. I have just committed a change that will give a default manpath that includes ports. The HTML document has been rebuilt, so please refresh and test that link again. > Is it difficult to adjust this without unnoticedly making the link > point to an old version of the page once a new release comes out? The documents are rebuilt frequently, so this should not be a problem. Old archived versions of the documents will have links to older releases, but that is pretty much expected for old documents. > Thanks, > Fedde Schaeffer, a long-time laptop Linux (Debianoid) user who was forced > to try out Mac OS X at work and is now curious to try if proper FreeBSD > might suit him Welcome, and thank you!
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