Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:57:02 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: obsolete /usr/share/doc/handbook ? Message-ID: <44k59gv45t.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081231133048.GA76399@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> (Anton Shterenlikht's message of "Wed\, 31 Dec 2008 13\:30\:48 %2B0000") References: <20081231133048.GA76399@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> writes: > I update my local FBSD documentation with cvsup doc-all. > I note that the latest FBSD documentation is under /usr/doc. > However I still have /usr/share/doc which is about 2 years out of date. > > On the other hand /usr/doc does not appear in hier(7), > whereas /usr/share/doc does. > > Can I safely delete the obsolete docs under /usr/share/doc? > Why are there two doc folders? What you have downloaded is the source from which the docs are built. If you want to build them yourself, the directions are in the FreeBSD Documentation Project primer (which is in the "books" section of the documentation; I'd recommend you read it on the web -- for example, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/ -- until you have a more recent local copy). If you aren't planning on building the documents yourself, just download them from the ftp sites. Every document includes a suggestion to do so from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/ -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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