From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 11 19:10:01 2009 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 B9216106568B for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:01 +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 7B7918FC1D for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nABJA1YN054249 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nABJA1Dv054248; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200911111910.nABJA1Dv054248@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, Jason Helfman Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 644C7106566C for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52E7D8FC0A for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nABJ5ejI001190 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:40 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nABJ5eQK001189; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:40 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200911111905.nABJ5eQK001189@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:40 GMT From: Jason Helfman To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/140490: Add custom kernel information to Release Engineering Article X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:10:01 -0000 >Number: 140490 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Add custom kernel information to Release Engineering Article >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 Nov 11 19:10:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jason Helfman >Release: FreeBSD 7.2 >Organization: Experts Exchange >Environment: FreeBSD eggman.experts-exchange.com 7.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Fri Oct 2 12:21:39 UTC 2009 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Add custom kernel instructions to Releng Article. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: --- article.sgml.orig 2009-06-24 15:25:26.000000000 -0700 +++ article.sgml 2009-11-11 11:01:26.000000000 -0800 @@ -798,6 +798,17 @@ should be made bootable so that users of modern PCs do not need to create installation floppy disks. + If a custom kernel of &os; is to be included, then + &man.sysinstall.8; and &man.release.7; must be updated to + include installation instructions. The relevant code is contained + in src/release and src/usr.sbin/sysinstall. + Specifically, the file src/release/Makefile, and + dist.c, dist.h, + menus.c, install.c, and + Makefile will need to be updated under + src/usr.sbin/sysinstall. Optionally, you may choose + to update sysinstall.8. + If an alternate version of &xfree86; is to be provided, then &man.sysinstall.8; must be updated to reflect the new location and installation instructions. The relevant code is contained >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: