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Date:      Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:58:24 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Suggested change to doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20051224065824.GA96697@flame.pc>
In-Reply-To: <438B4178.2090709@n00b.apagnu.se>
References:  <438B4178.2090709@n00b.apagnu.se>

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On 2005-11-28 18:42, Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se> wrote:
> Here is a patch which removes a sentence I think is redundant.
>
> The first paragraph of section 3.9.1 talks about changing shell with
> chsh and an aditor, the second about using the -s flag with chsh. The
> next sentence suggests that running chsh with no parameters would work
> also, but that is in my eyes the same information as in the first
> paragraph mentioned above...

> Don't know if this change is good or not (I think it's good) but here is
> the patch anyway...

> --- basics.chapter.sgml.orig	2005-11-28 18:18:23.000000000 +0100
> +++ basics.chapter.sgml	2005-11-28 18:21:00.000000000 +0100
> @@ -2170,9 +2170,6 @@
>
>        <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash</userinput></screen>
>
> -      <para>Running <command>chsh</command> with no parameters and editing
> -	the shell from there would work also.</para>
> -
>        <note>
>  	<para>The shell that you wish to use <emphasis>must</emphasis> be
>  	  present in the <filename>/etc/shells</filename> file.  If you

The change is fine.

I just committed it to the Handbook.  It should appear online after the
next scheduled build.

Thanks :)



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