diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml index 73fede09d24..60c7cbb9a17 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/current.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ THE FREEBSD CURRENT POLICY -Last updated: $Date: 1996/07/04 01:44:31 $ +Last updated: $Date: 1996/07/09 07:29:13 $ This document attempts to explain the rationale behind FreeBSD-current, what you should expect should you decide to run it, @@ -70,15 +70,13 @@ ask! It takes far too much time to do this as a general task. We do our best to help people genuinely in one of the 3 ``legitimate'' FreeBSD-current categories, but we simply do not - have the time to help every person who jumps into FreeBSD-current - with more enthusiasm than knowledge of how to deal with - experimental system software. This is not because we are mean and - nasty people who do not like helping people out (we would not even be - doing FreeBSD if we were), it is literally because we cannot answer - 400 messages a day and actually work on FreeBSD! I am sure - that, if given the choice between having us answer lots of questions or - continuing to improve FreeBSD, most of you would vote for us - improving it. + have the time to provide tech support for it. + This is not because we are mean and nasty people who do not like + helping people out (we would not even be doing FreeBSD if we were), + it is literally because we cannot answer 400 messages a day + and actually work on FreeBSD! I am sure that, if given + the choice between having us answer lots of questions or continuing to + improve FreeBSD, most of you would vote for us improving it. Using FreeBSD-current @@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ ask! It takes far too much time to do this as a general task. Use ftp. The source tree for FreeBSD-current is always "exported" on: - We also use `wu-ftpd' which allows compressed/tar'd grabbing of whole trees. e.g. you see: diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml index 37b6434a6cd..b7931e48ffb 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/lists.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + + @@ -11,35 +11,41 @@ purpose of this document is get the beginner up and running with sup. Getting setup -

Starting with FreeBSD 2.1, sup is supplied as part of the base -system and no separate installation is required. - -SUP gets the information it needs to run from a configuration file -called a supfile. This file should be found in -/usr/share/examples/sup/standard-supfile for the standard -distributions. -This file tells sup what collections it will be updating -and/or installing and where they go. This supfile will sup the current source -collection. For ports please have a look at -/usr/share/examples/sup/ports-supfile. If you are interested -in obtaining the cvs files that make up the source tree, refer to -/usr/share/examples/sup/cvs-supfile. If you would rather -track changes to the -stable release, refer to -/usr/share/examples/sup/stable-supfile -instead. +

SUP gets the information it needs to run from a configuration file +called a supfile. There are different example supfiles provided +for different source releases of FreeBSD. The + file, for example, +contains sup information for the latest standard FreeBSD source +distributions - it tells sup what collections it will be updating +and/or installing and where they go. Someone using this particular +supfile is said to be supping . +

For ports, please have a look at +.

+If you are interested in obtaining the + files +that make up the source tree, refer to +.

+If you would rather track changes to the -stable branch, refer to + instead. If you are inside the United States, you may also uncomment the `secure' and `eBones' collection lines to grab the DES code. If you are outside the U.S., you should NOT sup this code from sup.FreeBSD.ORG as this will violate U.S. export restrictions. Instead you should use the -secure-supfile found within the above directory. This will + in the sup examples directory. This will connect you to the international sup site that contains a secure distribution. Any distributions you do not wish to receive can be commented out with a # at the beginning of the distribution line. Please consult the file -/usr/share/examples/sup/README + for a list of alternate sup servers. The default sup server (sup.FreeBSD.ORG) listed in the above example files is currently overloaded and any traffic that can be transfered to a different host will help relieve some of @@ -60,8 +66,8 @@ join the &a.current . You should also be sure to read for important information on just what we can and cannot do for you as a -current user. If you are using the stable-supfile, please -join the &a.stable and read -. +join the &a.stable and read +. Description of FreeBSD SUP distributions