From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Aug 20 17:20:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE73F37B422; Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA53751; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 00:53:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nik) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 00:53:10 +0100 From: Nik Clayton To: Ben Smithurst Cc: Dinesh Punjabi , doc@FreeBSD.org, Kent Stewart Subject: Re: 18.4.7. Update /etc (this section is very confusing) Message-ID: <20000821005310.A53703@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> References: <000701c00a52$6a793be0$14fa90cc@intersols.com> <20000820043554.Q58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <000901c00ac5$29fa79d0$14fa90cc@intersols.com> <20000820195929.X58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20000820195929.X58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>; from ben@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 07:59:30PM +0100 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 07:59:30PM +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote: > Well, I might commit this diff (unless anyone has a good reason why > not). Floats my boat. Go for it. As regards talking people through the intricacies of the build process as the project changes things, I don't think we can (or should) go beyond These are the general steps you will need to perform. If you're staying within minor release numbers of a -stable release then it's unlikely you will need to deviate from this. However, if you are running -current then you must read the mailing list, and /usr/src/UPDATING before doing this. And remember, -current is allowed to be broken, you run it at your own risk. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message