Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:57 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40321 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201212101530.qBAFUvZu045448@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Dec 10 15:30:56 2012 New Revision: 40321 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40321 Log: SLIP was removed in 8.x. Given that 7.x will only be supported for another 2 months it doesn't make much sense to keep this information in the FAQ. Noted by: Joe Barbish Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:30:54 2012 (r40320) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:30:56 2012 (r40321) @@ -6788,27 +6788,16 @@ Key F15 A A Menu Wo <qandaentry> <question id="slip-ppp-support"> - <para>Does &os; support SLIP and PPP?</para> + <para>Does &os; support PPP?</para> </question> <answer> - <para>Yes. See the manual pages for &man.slattach.8;, - &man.sliplogin.8;, &man.ppp.8;, and &man.pppd.8;. - &man.ppp.8; and &man.pppd.8; provide support for both - incoming and outgoing connections, while &man.sliplogin.8; - deals exclusively with incoming connections, and - &man.slattach.8; deals exclusively with outgoing - connections.</para> + <para>Yes. &man.ppp.8; provides support for both + incoming and outgoing connections.</para> <para>For more information on how to use these, please see the <ulink - url="&url.books.handbook;/ppp-and-slip.html">Handbook chapter on PPP and SLIP</ulink>.</para> - - <para>If you only have access to the Internet through a - <quote>shell account</quote>, you may want to have a look at - the <filename role="package">net/slirp</filename> package. - It can provide you with (limited) access to services such as - ftp and http direct from your local machine.</para> + url="&url.books.handbook;/ppp-and-slip.html">Handbook chapter on PPP</ulink>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -8436,7 +8425,7 @@ ATDT1234567</programlisting> <title>Serial Communications</title> <para>This section answers common questions about serial - communications with &os;. PPP and SLIP are covered in the <link + communications with &os;. PPP is covered in the <link linkend="networking">Networking</link> section.</para> <qandaset>
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