From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 03:56:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943CF1065674 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:56:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 598298FC16 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:56:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so7161990rvf.43 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:56:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=+qeU/sI6omO8+7zYrn3T0qjq0m8mGRoB3Wvhqlfa2YU=; b=XgUxwyogtF2gAnAih0h2I69591Hstg4yqoF1N6ShH0d7saqWW/QVyzL2V18ru1Ld8s e66lTgvK6PuG4liIPxNRxNRbuRpRas+pLIUsvRCE2Z/vpd1O/ol6BLN88W9S9dF6uCab 1ODnybtjh56LxxhAWL5n7moqU5PCa0wGByPwM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=Ku5rxXyEiK5sJYfu2LhyCYv1yiVuHf3pm1F/9287KXoyYNWQPKQXKIyPuCZ9qthiwB HCKVl6XjhFoqXNGnfXikicwfS+2GqWmGjnlHSk9EzaPrBn5KocZh1e3x4avCr/3q54Qk zw3Oh1f7MNF8WmMLPUQeoy3I6I9KpjLa1LBCs= Received: by 10.140.143.9 with SMTP id q9mr8137329rvd.91.1230782164100; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:56:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.113.5 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:56:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:26:04 +0530 From: "Masoom Shaikh" To: "Frank Shute" , "Giorgos Keramidas" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20081230133345.GA81883@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: local copy of handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:56:05 -0000 On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Frank Shute 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 > 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" >