Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:54:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/159220: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1108182353130.7526@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20110816224010.GA84231@freebsd.org> References: <201107262349.p6QNnKTa060909@red.freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1107261951450.7526@multics.mit.edu> <20110816224010.GA84231@freebsd.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-589170569-1313726052=:7526 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Alexander Best wrote: > On Tue Jul 26 11, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Alexander Best wrote: >> >>> In /usr/src/UPDATING, almost at the very end of the file, there's the >>> following sentence: >>> >>> "This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major >>> breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed here, >>> and it only starts on October 16, 2004. Updating files can found in >>> previous releases if your system is older than this." >>> >>> The last sentence seems quite broken. At least I haven't got a clue what >>> it's supposed to mean. >> >> "If you need to see entries from the UPDATING file which are older than >> 2004/10/16, go get the UPDATING file from a previous &os; release, and it >> will have a better chance of including what you're looking for." > > could we please please please get this fixed before 9.0? I seem to recall there was discussion of this on IRC around the time it was sent in, though I don't have records of it handy. Anyway, here, have a more suitable wording in the form of a patch. -Ben Kaduk ---559023410-589170569-1313726052=:7526 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name=UPDATING.diff.txt Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1108182354120.7526@multics.mit.edu> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=UPDATING.diff.txt LS0tIFVQREFUSU5HLm9yaWcJMjAxMS0wOC0xOCAyMzo0OTozNS4wMDAwMDAw MDAgLTA0MDANCisrKyBVUERBVElORwkyMDExLTA4LTE4IDIzOjUyOjMxLjAw MDAwMDAwMCAtMDQwMA0KQEAgLTE0NTYsOSArMTQ1NiwxMCBAQA0KIEZPUk1B VDoNCiANCiBUaGlzIGZpbGUgY29udGFpbnMgYSBsaXN0LCBpbiByZXZlcnNl IGNocm9ub2xvZ2ljYWwgb3JkZXIsIG9mIG1ham9yDQotYnJlYWthZ2VzIGlu IHRyYWNraW5nIC1jdXJyZW50LiAgTm90IGFsbCB0aGluZ3Mgd2lsbCBiZSBs aXN0ZWQgaGVyZSwNCi1hbmQgaXQgb25seSBzdGFydHMgb24gT2N0b2JlciAx NiwgMjAwNC4gIFVwZGF0aW5nIGZpbGVzIGNhbiBmb3VuZCBpbg0KLXByZXZp b3VzIHJlbGVhc2VzIGlmIHlvdXIgc3lzdGVtIGlzIG9sZGVyIHRoYW4gdGhp cy4NCiticmVha2FnZXMgaW4gdHJhY2tpbmcgLWN1cnJlbnQuICBJdCBpcyBu b3QgZ3VhcmFudGVlZCB0byBiZSBhIGNvbXBsZXRlDQorbGlzdCBvZiBzdWNo IGJyZWFrYWdlcywgYW5kIG9ubHkgY29udGFpbnMgZW50cmllcyBzaW5jZSBP Y3RvYmVyIDE2LCAyMDA0Lg0KK0lmIHlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIHNlZSBVUERBVElO RyBlbnRyaWVzIGZyb20gYmVmb3JlIHRoYXQgZGF0ZSwgeW91IHdpbGwgbmVl ZA0KK3RvIGZldGNoIGFuIFVQREFUSU5HIGZpbGUgZnJvbSBhbiBvbGRlciBG cmVlQlNEIHJlbGVhc2UuDQogDQogQ29weXJpZ2h0IGluZm9ybWF0aW9uOg0K IA0K ---559023410-589170569-1313726052=:7526--
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