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Date:      Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:48:22 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r272114 - stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes
Message-ID:  <201409251648.s8PGmMJa071755@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: gjb
Date: Thu Sep 25 16:48:21 2014
New Revision: 272114
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/272114

Log:
  Document r271943, Latest/pkg.txz symlink included on the DVD to
  make bootstrapping pkg(8) easier.
  
  Approved by:	re (implicit)
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml

Modified: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml	Thu Sep 25 16:48:19 2014	(r272113)
+++ stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml	Thu Sep 25 16:48:21 2014	(r272114)
@@ -1446,6 +1446,19 @@
 	been updated to produce <acronym>UEFI</acronym>-capable and
 	<acronym>BIOS</acronym>-capable CD-ROM ISOs as well as memory
 	stick images for the &os;/&arch.amd64; architecture.</para>
+
+      <para revision="271943" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The
+	<filename>release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh</filename> script has
+	been updated to include a symlink to the on-disc version of
+	&man.pkg.8; in the <filename
+	  class="directory">packages/</filename> structure on the
+	DVD installer.  This allows the &man.pkg.7; bootstrap utility
+	to properly locate the <filename>Latest/pkg.txz</filename>
+	file on the DVD when <literal>REPOS_DIR</literal> is set to
+	<filename class="directory">/dist/packages/repos</filename>,
+	eliminating the need for a network connection or explicitly
+	providing the path to the version included on the DVD
+	installation medium.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="doc">



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