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From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
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Subject: Re: docs/159220: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING
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The following reply was made to PR docs/159220; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/159220: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:52:41 -0400 (EDT)

 On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Alexander Best wrote:
 
 >
 >> Number:         159220
 >> Category:       docs
 >> Synopsis:       Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING
 >> Confidential:   no
 >> Severity:       non-critical
 >> Priority:       low
 >> Responsible:    freebsd-doc
 >> State:          open
 >> Quarter:
 >> Keywords:
 >> Date-Required:
 >> Class:          doc-bug
 >> Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >> Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 26 23:50:04 UTC 2011
 >> Closed-Date:
 >> Last-Modified:
 >> Originator:     Alexander Best
 >> Release:        9.0-CURRENT
 >> Organization:
 >> Environment:
 > FreeBSD otaku 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r224294=bc9530b-dirty: Sun Jul 24 23:47:48 CEST 2011     arundel@otaku:/usr/obj/usr/git-freebsd-head/sys/ARUNDEL  amd64
 >> Description:
 > 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."
 
 -Ben Kaduk