Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 23:55:17 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: typo? Message-ID: <20041217235517.GN38136@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <41C3581B.2050403@daleco.biz> References: <99ee2ecf04121713343b67dca5@mail.gmail.com> <41C3581B.2050403@daleco.biz>
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--b6+Jx0QtehpXLScj Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="vrIGRKnBmQs2THAk" Content-Disposition: inline --vrIGRKnBmQs2THAk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 04:05:15PM -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Matt Storer wrote: >=20 > >Hey - > > > >I found what I'm pretty sure is a typo in the FreeBSD handbook. > > > >>From Section 4.5.4 "Ports and Disk Space": > >(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.h= tml) > > > >"Using the ports collection can defiantly eat up your disk space." Do > >ports really eat up your disk space in a defiant manner? What is it > >exactly that they're defying? I think perhaps the spell-checker > >missed it because it's a real word, but it should have been > >"definitely." >=20 > Yeah, it does it on purpose ;-) >=20 > I work with the doc team on occasion. If you wish, > feel free to patch it and attach it to a PR. No need, I have made it disappear. Other parts of the surrounding text were suboptimal too, so I've committed the attached patch. Thanks to Matt and Kevin. Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --vrIGRKnBmQs2THAk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ports.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Index: ports/chapter.sgml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.230 diff -u -r1.230 chapter.sgml --- ports/chapter.sgml 10 Dec 2004 07:11:23 -0000 1.230 +++ ports/chapter.sgml 17 Dec 2004 23:50:28 -0000 @@ -1097,17 +1097,17 @@ <primary>ports</primary> <secondary>disk-space</secondary> </indexterm> - <para>Using the ports collection can defiantly eat up your disk - space. For this reason you should always remember to clean up - the work directories using the <command>make - <makevar>clean</makevar></command> option. This will remove - the <filename>work</filename> directory after a port has been - built, and installed. You can also remove the tar files from - the <filename>distfiles</filename> directory, and remove the - installed ports when their use has delimited.</para> + <para>Using the ports collection will use up disk + space over time. For this reason you should always remember to clean up + the temporary <filename class=3D"directory">work</filename> directories u= sing the <command>make + <makevar>clean</makevar></command> command. This will remove + the <filename class=3D"directory">work</filename> directory after a port = has been + built and installed. You can also remove the source distribution files f= rom + the <filename class=3D"directory">distfiles</filename> directory, and rem= ove the + installed ports if the need for them has passed.</para> =20 - <para>Some users choose to limit the port categories by placing an e= ntry - in the <filename>refuse</filename> file. This way when they run the + <para>Some users choose to limit the available port categories by pl= acing an entry + in the <filename>refuse</filename> file. This way, when they run the <application>CVSup</application> application, it will not download the files in that category. More information regarding the <filename>refuse</filename> file can be found in <xref --vrIGRKnBmQs2THAk-- --b6+Jx0QtehpXLScj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBw3HlocfcwTS3JF8RAkjcAKCmmTd4QTfU6SDZ2cpFIQbEU7QJrQCgyO9N a/26QVRsFFpBbruMMzV7sn8= =fnqf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --b6+Jx0QtehpXLScj--
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