From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 15:51:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E4031065670 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:51:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8860B8FC13 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:51:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl119-205.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.238.205]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id mBUFnnjB019318 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:49:57 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBUFnlts051447 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:49:47 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mBUFnl25051446; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:49:47 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081229124558.43cefc56@gumby.homeunix.com> <200812292039.43242.masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> <20081229202717.GA78262@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <87myeemyx2.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081230133345.GA81883@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:49:47 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20081230133345.GA81883@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> (Frank Shute's message of "Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:33:45 +0000") Message-ID: <87wsdhll2c.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: mBUFnnjB019318 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.869, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.53, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: local copy of handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:51:33 -0000 On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:33:45 +0000, Frank Shute wrote: >On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +0000, Frank Shute wrote: >>> You can keep a local copy of the docs & update the sources for the >>> docs with csup but you have to regenerate them with a make command >>> after you have csup'd. >>> >>> The process is described within this page I just put up: >>> >>> http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/freebsd_uptodate.html >> >> Hi Masoom, >> We have been working on a patch for the Handbook that adds a short >> description of the same process. >> >> The patch has been recently posted to freebsd-doc, by Gabor Pali: >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-December/015315.html >> >> Since you already have written something similar, do you think we can >> convince you to review the patch? It would be nice if you could help >> us improve it or make it easier to read, and use. > > Hi Giorgos, > I think your post was meant to be addressed to me as I wrote the above > guide. Yes. Sorry about that Frank :) > I'd be happy to review the patch that Gabor has written & if necessary > add or subtract from it. > > It will take me a bit of time to get up to speed with the mark-up & > review/grok the updating docs in the round. ATM, they certainly fall > short of including anything about updating a local copy of the docs. I can build a patched Handbook and upload it online, if that helps. Then you don't have to learn SGML to read it. Just let me know if you need it, and it's done.