From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 30 14:50:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5983A16A420 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3134013C465 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0UEo1NA068771 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m0UEo1lJ068770; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:50:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200801301450.m0UEo1lJ068770@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Michael Voorhis Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C582C16A420 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mvoorhis@eressea.wpi.edu) Received: from mail1.wpi.edu (MAIL1.WPI.EDU [130.215.36.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B0813C46B for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mvoorhis@eressea.wpi.edu) Received: from mcafee.wpi.edu (MCAFEE.WPI.EDU [130.215.36.86]) by mail1.wpi.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id m0UE1wdo004612; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:01:58 -0500 Received: from (130.215.36.186) by mcafee.wpi.edu via smtp id 3a6a_ebf93196_cf3b_11dc_867b_0013725b2d50; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:01:58 -0400 Received: from eressea.wpi.edu (ERESSEA.WPI.EDU [130.215.29.46]) by SMTP.WPI.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0UE1vsn032412; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:01:58 -0500 (envelope-from mvoorhis@eressea.wpi.edu) Received: from eressea.wpi.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eressea.wpi.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0UE1d1r050763; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:01:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mvoorhis@eressea.wpi.edu) Received: (from mvoorhis@localhost) by eressea.wpi.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m0UCGhmE023895; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:16:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mvoorhis) Message-Id: <200801301216.m0UCGhmE023895@eressea.wpi.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:16:43 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Voorhis To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: docs/120152: dev-handbook/tools-intro.html claims perl in base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Michael Voorhis List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:50:01 -0000 >Number: 120152 >Category: docs >Synopsis: dev-handbook/tools-intro.html claims perl in base system >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jan 30 14:50:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michael Voorhis >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: WPI Computer Science Dept. >Environment: System: FreeBSD xxx.wpi.edu 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Jan 17 11:26:40 EST 2008 root@xxx.wpi.edu:/usr/obj/FreeBSD/src-releng_7/src/sys/xxx i386 >Description: The file doc/en/books/developers-handbook/tools-intro.html claims: Compilers for C, C++, and Fortran and an assembler come with the basic system, not to mention a Perl interpreter and classic UNIX tools such as sed and awk. >How-To-Repeat: Read the relevant section (2.2 Introduction) of a recent developer's handbook, first sentence. My handbook was cvsup'd from the docs on the 29th January 2008, in the afternoon US/Eastern time. >Fix: I'd remove the reference to Perl in this sentence, rewriting: Compilers for C, C++, and Fortran and an assembler come with the basic system, not to mention classic UNIX tools such as sed and awk. The next sentence in the file refers to additional tools being available in the ports collection. We could point people to the next section (developers-handbook/tools-programming.html) maybe with a hyperlink, so that impatient readers could quickly establish that getting Perl was an easy thing: If that is not enough, there are many more compilers and interpreters in the Ports collection--See sections 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 of this Handbook for more information. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: