From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 24 20:50:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FDAB16A40F for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:50:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7643643D5E for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:50:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k9OKoNV3026963 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:50:23 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k9OKoN8G026961; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:50:23 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:50:23 GMT Message-Id: <200610242050.k9OKoN8G026961@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Tom Rhodes Cc: Subject: Re: docs/104767: Suggest make diff. between src and ports clearer in CVSUP manual pages X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Tom Rhodes List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:50:24 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/104767; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes To: Paul Brian Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/104767: Suggest make diff. between src and ports clearer in CVSUP manual pages Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:49:05 -0400 On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:27:59 GMT Paul Brian wrote: Hi Paul, > > >Number: 104767 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Suggest make diff. between src and ports clearer in CVSUP manual pages > >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: Tue Oct 24 19:30:13 GMT 2006 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Paul Brian > >Release: RELENG_6 > >Organization: > PIRC Ltd > >Environment: > FreeBSD pbrian.office.pirc.co.uk 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:32:43 UTC 2006 root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > >Description: > I am a newbie to FreeBsd but not Linux/programming and the following feels a little embarrassing, but I may have noticed a blind spot for people immersed in FreeBSD. > > I have been struggling to truly "get" CVSUP, and have recently had a flash of the blidingly obvious that I suspect others (reading newgroups) also struggle to see. > > Could you add a paragraph explaining in words of one syllable the difference between src-all and ports-all to the intro section of books/handbook/cvsup.html > > Until just now I did not realise that src was the src for code developed by FreeBSD and ports where make instructions for third party code. This makes the brach/release tag more obvious as well. THis seems not an uncommon issue in the groups [1]. Now it is pretty embarrassing to say that, but I have been reading carefully. Twice. Honest. > > So I would suggest a paragraph explaining very clearly that src and ports come from different places, so when ports breaks it is easier to work out why. > > Suggested phrases > > "It is helpful to note that src collection will download the code created by the FreeBSD volunteers as part of the FreeBSD project, and is kept as a tree in /usr/src. The ports collection (/usr/ports) is the better known part, and is in essence make instructions for 3rd party software, compatible with FreeBSd but not produced by the volunteers who create the operating system and tools. > - you do not download 3rd party code when doing a cvsup. > > Now all you have to worry about is choosing the right release tag. > " I think that the CVSup explanation found here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html while not easy to find, does explain "src-all" as "entire main source tree for the FreeBSD" in an early paragraph and later on as "The main FreeBSD sources, including the cryptography code." It also explains the ports option. With large "WARNING" comments, I'm not sure how the confusion could occur unless there is much skipping with the eyes. -- Tom Rhodes