Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 14:44:30 EDT From: Alex <xela@MIT.EDU> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: xela@MIT.EDU, FreeBSD-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/13078: 3.2-release /etc/manpath.config misconfigured Message-ID: <199908111844.OAA19303@sporadic.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:31:00 PDT." <37B1B354.4A915159@gorean.org>
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> This is fixed in 3.2-Stable. Not that we want to discourage someone from > sending problem reports, but it's usually a good idea to upgrade to the > latest version first. Also, when it's clearly one file or just a few files > that are affected you can check the CVS repository to see if it's fixed. In which case the stock motd should say something about -stable. Instead, it merely points one at http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/releases --- where I looked (in the apparently naiive expectation that the errata page would actually contain the known errata) before sending the problem report. I am new to FreeBSD, and I doubt it would be any more obvious to the average new user than it is to me that "stable" is more current (and if I unsderstand you correctly, more stable) than "release". And the directory entry for FreeBSD-stable at ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ hardly gives that impression --- in fact, quite the contrary (piped through <cut -c36-> for line length): May 17 10:21 3.2-RELEASE -> releases/i386/3.2-RELEASE Jan 21 1999 FreeBSD-stable -> branches/3.0-stable I am, by the way, extremely impressed with the quick responses to my problem report --- I've had them dissapear into the void for months elsewhere. ---Alex Carl Alexander ------------- MIT (where Alex hangs out): xela@mit.edu Course VI (sometime special student) SIPB (prospective) Mitgaard ("honorary mold") MITSFS LSC (night worker) http://www.mit.edu/~xela ------------- Work (where they call me "Carl"): carl@terc.edu System Administrator & User Services Manager, TERC http://www.terc.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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