From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 29 3:40:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B60237B416 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 03:40:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g0TBebe25106 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:40:37 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2002012912375123:2036 ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:37:51 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0TBpSt74585 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:51:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:51:28 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020129125128.D68986@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200201260704.g0Q74u864537@fedde.littleton.co.us> <02012713091300.01261@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> <20020127155418.G32706@roman.mobil.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 01/29/2002 12:37:51 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 01/29/2002 12:37:57 PM, Serialize complete at 01/29/2002 12:37:57 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > To: Brian Astill > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, > Roman Neuhauser , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD > From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) > Date: 28 Jan 2002 22:14:00 -0800 > > Roman Neuhauser writes: > > > > From: Brian Astill > > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD > > > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:09:13 +1030 > > > > > > On Saturday 26 January 2002 17:34, Chris Fedde wrote: > > > > You might want to submit a patch to the FreeBSD Documentation project. > > > > > > Want? - Yes. Be capable of? - No. > > > > Sure you are capable of submitting patches to man pages. Here's a > > short howto: > > > > 1. step: find the source file: > > I suggest: > > $ man -wa passwd > /usr/share/man/cat1/passwd.1.gz (source: /usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1.gz) > /usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5.gz That seems to require one to run a very CURRENT. :) I mean, it's no good to submit a patch to a few months old revision. I have a patch to ls(1) lying here that (if and when I submit it) will be a patch to current CURRENT, and STABLE. Just finding the file(s) in the source structure on one's disk allows for a quick checkout with cvs, you don't have to have the latest revisions actually installed. Of course, I don't suggest submitting untested changes, but a minor change in man page is nothing critical. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 12:46PM up 8 days, 19:09, 13 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.05, 0.01 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message