Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:38:32 -0500 (EST) From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Subject: docs/25922: "Complete FreeBSD" in third edition, not second Message-ID: <200103191538.f2JFcWA27722@be-well.ilk.org>
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>Number: 25922
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: "Complete FreeBSD" description outdated
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 19 07:40:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Lowell Gilbert
>Release: FreeBSD 4.3-BETA i386
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD lowellg.ne.mediaone.net 4.3-BETA FreeBSD 4.3-BETA #27: Thu Mar 15 09:29:35 EST 2001 root@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/BE-WELL i386
current FAQ
>Description:
The FAQ lists the previous edition of "The Complete FreeBSD"
>How-To-Repeat:
ask Greg Lehey?
>Fix:
The number of pages may be wrong; I don't have my copy at hand, and am
trusting the count Barnes & Noble lists...
--- book.sgml~ Mon Mar 19 10:32:24 2001
+++ book.sgml Mon Mar 19 10:34:30 2001
@@ -602,13 +602,13 @@
<para>The definitive printed guide on FreeBSD is
<quote>The Complete FreeBSD</quote>, written by Greg Lehey and
published by BSDi (formerly Walnut Creek CDROM) Books.
- Now in its second
+ Now in its third
- edition, the book contains 1,750 pages of install & system
+ edition, the book contains 773 pages of install & system
administration guidance, program setup help, and manual pages.
The book (and current FreeBSD release) can be ordered from
<ulink URL="http://www.osd.bsdi.com/">BSDi</ulink>,
<ulink URL="http://www.cheapbytes.com/">CheapBytes</ulink>, or
- at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-227-2.</para>
+ at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-246-9.</para>
<para>Since FreeBSD is based upon Berkeley
4.4BSD-Lite, most of the 4.4BSD manuals are applicable to
Added bonus: handbook fix for the link to buy the book:
--- handbook/x11/chapter.sgml~ Mon Mar 19 08:58:50 2001
+++ handbook/x11/chapter.sgml Mon Mar 19 10:26:43 2001
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<para><emphasis>This chapter has been graciously donated by &a.grog;
from his book, <ulink
- url="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/bsdcomp_bkx.phtml">The
+ url="http://www.wccdrom.com/titles/freebsd/bsdcomp_bkx.phtml">The
Complete FreeBSD</ulink>, and remains copyright of him.
Modifications for the handbook made by &a.jim;. The section on
fonts in XFree86 was contributed by &a.murray;.</emphasis></para>
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