Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 23:38:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r41663 - projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1305192327510.9389@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201305181824.r4IIOBcm068566@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201305181824.r4IIOBcm068566@svn.freebsd.org>
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Apologies if I miss fixes in follow-up commits. On Sat, 18 May 2013, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Sat May 18 18:09:00 2013 (r41662) > +++ projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Sat May 18 18:24:11 2013 (r41663) > @@ -1800,18 +1800,18 @@ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > - <para>Use &man.pkg.info.1; to find out which files were > - installed, and where. For example, if you have just > - installed FooPackage version 1.0.0, then this command</para> > + <para>The &man.pkg.info.1; will print all installed "The pkg_info(1)" is quite odd grammar, getting the worst of both worlds between "the pkg_info(1) command" and just "pkg_info(1)". > + files and their location. For example, if the FooPackage > + version 1.0.0 was just installed, then the following > + command will show all the files installed with the > + package.</para> > > <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_info -L <replaceable>foopackage-1.0.0</replaceable> | less</userinput></screen> > > - <para>will show all the files installed by the package. Pay > - special attention to files located in > - <filename>man/</filename>, which will be manual pages, > - <filename>etc/</filename>, which will be configuration > - files, and <filename>doc/</filename>, which will be more > - comprehensive documentation.</para> > + <para>Configuration files are always installed in the > + <filename role="directory">/usr/local/etc</filename> This "the" is spurious. > + and should definitely be consulted before attempting > + to use the new application.</para> > > <para>To determine which version of the application was > installed:</para> > @@ -1825,17 +1825,18 @@ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ > </listitem> > > <listitem> > - <para>Once you have identified where the application's manual > - pages have been installed, review them using &man.man.1;. > - Review the sample configuration files and any additional > - documentation that may have been provided.</para> > + <para>These commands will also show the names of any manual > + pages installed with the application. This additional > + documentation will now be available to the &man.man.1; > + command.</para> > </listitem> > > <listitem> > - <para>If the application has a web site, check it for > - additional documentation, frequently asked questions, and so > - forth. If you are not sure of the web site address it may > - be listed in the output from</para> > + <para>If the application has a web site, consult it for > + additional documentation, frequently asked questions, or > + a forum. If the website is unknown, the following command The comma usage here seems broken, as "a forum" is an alternative to "a web site", and the only things bound to "a web site" are now "additional documentation, frequently asked quesions", which should take "and" with no comma and does not need to be followed by a comma. -Ben > + will be useful to print out this information if it's > + available.</para> > > <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_info <replaceable>foopackage-1.0.0</replaceable></userinput></screen> > >
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