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Date:      Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:42:29 +0100
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Tom Van Vleck <tvanvlec@nailabs.com>
Subject:   Re: Errant reference to "make world"
Message-ID:  <20031129184229.B57468@abigail.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031129105514.34660G-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:27:48PM -0500
References:  <20031129165651.A57468@abigail.blackend.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031129105514.34660G-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:27:48PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote:
> > 
> > the "make world" words are a link to
> > 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
> > 
> > which is very well documented, it seems difficult to do more, however
> > maybe some parts need a rewording. 
> 
> The problem is that "make world" is both a set of instructions, and a
> link.  Could we change the link text to read:
> 
>   "You should at least <install a new kernel and rebuild the world> the
>    first time through..."
> 
> To avoid confusing commands with descriptive text?  I agree that the
> instructions in the handbook are quite sufficient on the linked page.
>

I agree with your suggestion.  If no objection I will fix the link text
in few hours.

Marc


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