From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 15 15:23:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.erols.com (smtp3.erols.com [207.172.3.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856AA14DE4; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:23:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jobaldwi@vt.edu) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (207-172-143-110.s47.as1.hgt.md.dialup.rcn.com [207.172.143.110]) by smtp3.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA03962; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:23:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199906152223.SAA03962@smtp3.erols.com> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199906132120.OAA05815@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:23:17 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Chris Costello Subject: Re: docs/12181: [Patch] doc/en/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgm Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, Nik Clayton Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 13-Jun-99 Chris Costello wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/12181; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Chris Costello > To: Nik Clayton > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: docs/12181: [Patch] doc/en/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml > needs updating. > Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 16:12:25 -0500 > > On Sun, Jun 13, 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > > Can you redo this patch slightly? Probably leave the examples without > > the quotes, but include a brief section explaining when the quotes were > > removed, and what to do if you're building on a system that still > > requires the quotes. Possibly include the error message you get if you > > need the quotes included, but haven't included them? > > What does that error message look like? The update to config(8) that made quotes optional was only applied to -current. Since the handbook is geared towards -stable and -release users, we probably should keep that paragraph in for now, IMHO. --- John Baldwin -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message