Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 15:15:30 -0400 From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: John Daniels <jmd526@hotmail.com> Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-RELEASE to 4.0-STABLE upgrade Message-ID: <20000528151530.A12647@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20000528184808.46909.qmail@hotmail.com>; from jmd526@hotmail.com on Sun, May 28, 2000 at 02:48:08PM -0400 References: <20000528184808.46909.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 02:48:08PM -0400, John Daniels wrote: > > <Caution!, rant to follow:> > Basically, my complaint was that the handbook says to edit /etc/make.conf > (specifically to enable options by removing the comment character), but > doesn't state that the file may need to be copied over. I figured this out > only *after* I finished, so I didn't have the options you listed above > (which the handbook states should be there). Simple things like this can > cause newbies (like myself) some trouble, and generate "stupid" questions on > mailing lists. Should this be a problem report (PR)? (I have never used > send-PR, maybe I should try) Yup, this is because the handbook is currently slightly out-of-date with the way things work now. This is known, and will hopefully be addressed soon. Eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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