From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 31 19:24:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D491065780 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:24:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CB88FC1A for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so10642351ewy.3 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:24:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0ZEM/fHomW3QVZHeOwrU8hQIRXH6HvNzYV1sJu8GqQ4=; b=WWzxMRj8b+4xt75b+wYKx8KJ41SBp7N/nIJSwBEdyIhWeXApI346Dx18nAvwyJ2Oqv U2ztHWmXQHj5sHsZ2lYUvnwch+F//QbsfMlPZvPPVJRyQcuL9MVubCUsNaTd7B1jf4+L l+3wg+ejIv5kYAzSEgipiAHLmDLXVPgKHKLK4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=dxeJ23v0QQ558Tkhs4F0SOGuOofV0KR5juI6tUMPmiOI60Sau04xHXC19ND0rh25Pv N75jd/Z25IYvFZxBfKmrFcIwXHv6TF3aHmwy5TME+/uxtCRRNowP873YG0T29zy7l+i6 7XyrGg4oPXVo/S3ATS54brR5J4ERiSb+O/v0E= Received: by 10.213.110.132 with SMTP id n4mr14570398ebp.88.1262287442751; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:24:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from pulstar.local (athedsl-4563723.home.otenet.gr [94.70.111.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm10397157ewy.12.2009.12.31.11.24.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:24:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B3CFA50.8000006@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:24:00 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason References: <49a0c9eb2e48f358d84af17d5e0bd61b@localhost> <4B3CE1BD.5010806@gmail.com> <20091231185508.GF11559@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <20091231185508.GF11559@eggman.experts-exchange.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apparently broken link on the FreeBSD FAQ 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: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:24:13 -0000 On 31/12/2009 8:55 μ.μ., Jason wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 07:39:09PM +0200, Manolis Kiagias thus spake: >> On 31/12/2009 3:51 ??.??., Brie :: unixsysadmin.org wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I was reviewing the FreeBSD FAQ and noticed that the link to 'The BSD >>> Family Tree' in question 1.6 is broken. >>> >>> >>> (There is a Joomla! install at: >>> http://dhogan.people.si.umich.edu/joomla/ >>> but no BSD Family Tree in sight.) >>> >>> There does appear to be a copy here: >>> >>> http://www.levenez.com/unix/unix_a4.pdf >>> >>> >>> However, I'm not sure if this is what was linked to at the site in >>> the FAQ. >>> >>> My apologies if this is the wrong list... >>> >>> >> >> First off, this is the right list and thanks for submitting this! >> It is the second time this linked article disappears - AFAIR there was a >> nice article explaining the BSD family and not just the diagram you >> found (which is quite good BTW). I haven't been able to locate it >> somewhere else so far - I'll change the link when I find it. >> >> Thanks! > > If I may, it seems a good link would be to the handbook, itself. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography-history.html > > > In this link you are pointed to /usr/share/misc/bsd-family-tree, and > in this > file is a link that goes to a unix history page that is: > UNIX history > URL: http://www.levenez.com/unix/ > > At the very top, you click on the image, and that leads you to the pdf > noted > earlier by the poster. > > -jgh Yes, but the original 'BSD Family Tree' mentioned in the FAQ is in fact an article, not a diagram. I found a txt version (seems the only one left) which I converted to a quick html, uploaded to freebsdworld.gr[1] and updated the link. It will appear in the FAQ in the next few hours. Thanks! [1] http://www.freebsdworld.gr/freebsd/bsd-family-tree.html