Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3'

2013-12-16 Thread Warren Block
The following reply was made to PR docs/184791; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Warren Block To: Jamie Landeg Jones Cc: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3' Date: Mon, 16

Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3'

2013-12-16 Thread wblock
Synopsis: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3' State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: wblock State-Changed-When: Tue Dec 17 05:01:07 UTC 2013 State-Changed-Why: Closed at submitter's request. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=184791

Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3'

2013-12-16 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Jamie Landeg Jones wrote: Agreed. However, this is "contrib" software from an external source, and we generally prefer to get them patched upstream to avoid having to maintain local patches. I think this is the project page: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ It's not

Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3'

2013-12-16 Thread Jamie Landeg Jones
The following reply was made to PR docs/184791; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jamie Landeg Jones To: wbl...@wonkity.com, ja...@dyslexicfish.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead

Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3'

2013-12-16 Thread Jamie Landeg Jones
> Agreed. However, this is "contrib" software from an external source, > and we generally prefer to get them patched upstream to avoid having to > maintain local patches. I think this is the project page: > http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ > > It's not clear how they prefer to get bug rep

Re: FreeBSD Handbook and PS3

2013-12-16 Thread Eitan Adler
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Rosenberg, Alex wrote: > A [highly intelligent] post on /. lead me to this page: > . > > I need to offer a minor correction to that document. > > PS3 was not based

FreeBSD Handbook and PS3

2013-12-16 Thread Rosenberg, Alex
A [highly intelligent] post on /. lead me to this page: . I need to offer a minor correction to that document. PS3 was not based on FreeBSD. PS4 certainly is, but not PS3. Select pieces of open

Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3'

2013-12-16 Thread Warren Block
The following reply was made to PR docs/184791; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Warren Block To: Jamie Landeg Jones Cc: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3' Date: Mon, 16

Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3'

2013-12-16 Thread Warren Block
Most obsessive/pedantic/picky PR of the year goes to me, with: The man page for diff3(1) refers to 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3' How-To-Repeat: % man diff3 Compare the similarity of the end of this page with the end of the 'man diff' page. Both refer to 'info diff' for more informati

Re: Typo in Example 19.1 in Handbook?

2013-12-16 Thread Benjamin Kaduk
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013, Mike. wrote: This example http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-glabel.html#idp80661168 has the text "...Reboot the system, and at the loader(8) prompt, press 4 to boot into single user mode. Then enter the following commands:..." I run FreeBSD 9.2, and the 'boot

Typo in Example 19.1 in Handbook?

2013-12-16 Thread Mike.
This example http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-glabel.html#idp80661168 has the text "...Reboot the system, and at the loader(8) prompt, press 4 to boot into single user mode. Then enter the following commands:..." I run FreeBSD 9.2, and the 'boot into single user mode' option shows a

Current unassigned doc problem reports

2013-12-16 Thread FreeBSD bugmaster
(Note: an HTML version of this report is available at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?category=doc .) The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolet