Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:27:46 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/72081: Updates to FAQ chapter 7 Message-ID: <200409251227.i8PCRkIB011227@buffy.york.ac.uk> Resent-Message-ID: <200409251610.i8PGAOwb052164@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 72081
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Updates to FAQ chapter 7
>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: Sat Sep 25 16:10:23 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gavin Atkinson
>Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD buffy.york.ac.uk 5.3-BETA2 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2 #9: Mon Sep 6 15:59:27 BST 2004 root@buffy.york.ac.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
A handful of updates to the User Applications section of the FAQ.
Update for .tbz packages, update for location of packages on ftp sites,
URL changes, and correct procedure for updating the ports collection
("ports upgrade kits" haven't existed for a long time...)
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
(patch also at http://www.devrandom.co.uk/freebsd/faq7.diff)
--- faq7.diff begins here ---
Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.653
diff -u -r1.653 book.sgml
--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml 22 Sep 2004 19:38:51 -0000 1.653
+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml 24 Sep 2004 13:49:12 -0000
@@ -4804,7 +4804,7 @@
<filename>ports/</filename> directory.</para>
<para>We also support the concept of a
- <quote>package</quote>, essentially no more than a gzipped
+ <quote>package</quote>, essentially no more than a compressed
binary distribution with a little extra intelligence
embedded in it for doing whatever custom installation work
is required. A package can be installed and uninstalled
@@ -4816,7 +4816,7 @@
post-configuration menu item) or invoke the
&man.pkg.add.1; command on the specific package files you
are interested in installing. Package files can usually be
- identified by their <filename>.tgz</filename> suffix and
+ identified by their <filename>.tgz</filename> or <filename>.tbz</filename> suffix and
CDROM distribution people will have a
<filename>packages/All</filename> directory on their CD
which contains such files. They can also be downloaded
@@ -4835,11 +4835,21 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>for 5.X-CURRENT</term>
+ <term>for 5.X-RELEASE/5-STABLE</term>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
- url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/">;
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current</ulink></para>;
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/">;
+ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable</ulink></para>;
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>for 6.X-CURRENT</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-current/">;
+ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-current</ulink></para>;
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -4886,7 +4896,7 @@
<para>After installing the <filename
role="package">news/inn</filename> package or port, an
excellent place to start is <ulink
- url="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/INN.html">Dave
+ url="http://www.visi.com/~barr/INN.html">Dave
Barr's INN Page</ulink> where you will find the INN
FAQ.</para>
</answer>
@@ -4923,9 +4933,12 @@
<answer>
<para>If you are running a FreeBSD version that lags
- significantly behind -CURRENT or -STABLE, you may need a ports
- upgrade kit from <ulink url="&url.base;/ports/index.html">
- http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/</ulink>. If you are up to date,
+ significantly behind -CURRENT or -STABLE, you may need to update
+ your Ports Collection with &man.cvsup.1;
+ as described <ulink
+ url="&url.books.handbook;/ports-using.html#PORTS-TREE">in the
+ Handbook</ulink>.
+ If you are up to date,
then someone might have committed a change to the port which
works for -CURRENT but which broke the port for -STABLE. Please
submit a bug report on this with the
--- faq7.diff ends here ---
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