Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:26:04 +0530 From: "Masoom Shaikh" <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> To: "Frank Shute" <frank@shute.org.uk>, "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: local copy of handbook Message-ID: <b10011eb0812311956k4230f3afu2b652236b276ba53@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081230133345.GA81883@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <b10011eb0812282046j7b784d82q492c8b10cb46db06@mail.gmail.com> <20081229124558.43cefc56@gumby.homeunix.com> <200812292039.43242.masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> <20081229202717.GA78262@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <87myeemyx2.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081230133345.GA81883@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +0000, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> > wrote: > > > You can keep a local copy of the docs & update the sources for the > > > docs with csup but you have to regenerate them with a make command > > > after you have csup'd. > > > > > > The process is described within this page I just put up: > > > > > > http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/freebsd_uptodate.html > > > > Hi Masoom, > > > > We have been working on a patch for the Handbook that adds a short > > description of the same process. > > > > The patch has been recently posted to freebsd-doc, by Gabor Pali: > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-December/015315.html > > > > Since you already have written something similar, do you think we can > > convince you to review the patch? It would be nice if you could help > > us improve it or make it easier to read, and use. > > > Hi Giorgos, > > I think your post was meant to be addressed to me as I wrote the above > guide. even I was confused :). Damn, i have never contributed a line to FreeBSD :( am a professional C/C++ programmer on windoz with minimal expertise in using patch, binutils etc, FreeBSD is just my hobby @ home. I will contribute some day, amen thanks to guys like Frank, appreciate their work > > > I'd be happy to review the patch that Gabor has written & if necessary > add or subtract from it. > > It will take me a bit of time to get up to speed with the mark-up & > review/grok the updating docs in the round. ATM, they certainly fall > short of including anything about updating a local copy of the docs. > > I'll sign up for docs@ & then my impertinent/stupid questions about > the docs can be answered there....hopefully ;) > > > Regards, > > -- > > Frank > > > Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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