From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 17 13:58:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.cybersurf.net (smtp2.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A84414CB4 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 13:58:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from 01031149@3web.net) Received: from webserver ([209.197.154.163]) by smtp2.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.05) with SMTP id FMWNTZ00.L32; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 15:01:11 -0700 Message-ID: <000c01bf48e2$8b926860$a39ac5d1@webserver> From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> To: "Neil Blakey-Milner" Cc: "freebsd-questions" Subject: Re: getting rid on unnecessary docs Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 13:47:51 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [From: Neil Blakey-Milner To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: Mark Ovens ; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 5:14 AM |What's the problem? | |Stuff in /usr/src is obviously source to the actual installed stuff, and |thus shouldn't concern you in the least if you're looking for |documentation. | |Stuff in /usr/doc is sort of a hybrid between the ports collection |and src, and it contains the source to FDP documentation. Not of |much direct use in finding documentation. | |/usr/share/doc is the install location for FDP documentation, and |a few other bits from src/. | |/usr/local/share/doc is the place where ports put documentation. | |It's all pretty straightforward, really (: For you and others who are familiar with the "system" maybe, but it's certainly not what I'd call *intuitively* straightforward. Do you think a FAQ, giving a brief overview as to how all these "doc" directories inter-play, would be in order? Might even help the bandwidth on this list ;). I suggest this because 1) there appears to be a need, and 2) you seem to be fluent in all aspects and nuances of the "docs" maze. later....duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message