From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Oct 18 9:40: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D7237B401 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:40:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7BEA43E91 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:40:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9IGe3x3073723 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:40:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9IGe3EF073715; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200210181640.g9IGe3EF073715@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Marc Fonvieille Subject: Re: docs/44206: handbook for 4.7-RELEASE mentions devfs Reply-To: Marc Fonvieille Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/44206; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marc Fonvieille To: Victor Sudakov Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44206: handbook for 4.7-RELEASE mentions devfs Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:30:18 +0200 On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 03:20:05AM -0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > >Description: > Handbook shipped with 4.7-RELEASE mentions devfs while there is > none in the system. > > >How-To-Repeat: > lynx file://localhost/usr/share/doc/handbook/x4356.html > On this page, we can read: "DEVFS is used by default in FreeBSD 5.0." It's not really explicit that it does not exist on 4.X, but the device nodes creation for 4.X systems (called "systems without DEVFS") is covered. Maybe a "rewording" is needed. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message