Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:59:35 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Francis Jordan <frankrj@netscape.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about docs Message-ID: <19990829235935.A265@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <37C99A41.86B7C53@netscape.net>; from Francis Jordan on Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:38:26PM %2B0100 References: <37C99A41.86B7C53@netscape.net>
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On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:38:26PM +0100, Francis Jordan wrote:
> I have several questions:
>
> 1) Is there a way to only cvsup the docs written in English? When I
> use the doc-all target, I also get Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and
> Russian, and I don't wany any of those languages. The handbook doesn't
> list any other targets apart from doc-all. Shouldn't there also be
> doc-en, doc-jp, doc-ru, etc?
>
You chose a good time to ask this as I've just sorted it all out
myself. Put a file called "refuse" in /usr/sup containing:
doc/es* doc/ja* doc/ru* doc/zh*
> 2) make install in /usr/doc defaults to /usr/local/share/doc/fdp.
> Shouldn't it instead update the docs in /usr/share/doc/{handbook,FAQ}?
> The stuff that goes into /usr/share/doc is created when the system is
> first installed and never gets updated.
>
No, it's changed with the new format docs. You'll find them in
/usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/{faq,handbook}
> 3) The man pages. They are normally installed by making the world in
> /usr/src; yet, somehow "make world" also installs the Japanese pages in
> /usr/share/man/jp/{man?,cat?}. What are the Japanese man pages doing in
> /usr/share/man? Why Japanese? How comes there are no Russian pages in
> /usr/share/man/ru or Spanish pages in /usr/share/man/es? Shouldn't they
> be in some other location, like /usr/share/jp/man where they can be
> disabled?
>
> I don't speak Japanese and don't want any Japanese stuff. Similarly,
> Japanese folks probably wouldn't want the docs written in Spanish or
> Russian.
>
> Finally, what's the story with es, ru, jp and zh? Where's French,
> German and other European languages? I'm pretty sure I've heard of a
> "French documentation project" - so where are the docs?
>
> Thanks for your attention
>
> Frank
>
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