Re: local copy of handbook

2009-03-03 Thread Ricardo Jesus
Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello Jerry, For more information see http://docsnap.sk.freebsd.org/ and possibly the rsync manual page. I was having a problem reaching that URL; however, I found that this one: http://www.oook.cz/bsd/docsnap.html did seem to work. In any case, I am unable to get the

Re: local copy of handbook

2009-01-13 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:59:04 -0500 Randy Pratt bsd-u...@embarqmail.com wrote: You might consider using Docsnap. This allows you to maintain all the FreeBSD documentation with a minimum of effort. Docsnap is an rsync repository for easy updating of installed FreeBSD documentation

Re[2]: local copy of handbook

2009-01-04 Thread Daniel Gerzo
Hello Jerry, For more information see http://docsnap.sk.freebsd.org/ and possibly the rsync manual page. I was having a problem reaching that URL; however, I found that this one: http://www.oook.cz/bsd/docsnap.html did seem to work. In any case, I am unable to get the 'rsync' command to work.

Re: local copy of handbook

2009-01-04 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:28:46 +0100 Daniel Gerzo dan...@freebsd.org wrote: The docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org (as well as ftp.sk and cvsup.sk) server is currently offline due to some problems after its update. Unfortunately it's been a vacations period here and we were unable to get personally to the box

Re: local copy of handbook

2009-01-04 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:59:04 -0500 Randy Pratt bsd-u...@embarqmail.com wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:39:42 +0530 Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 29 December 2008 18:15:58 RW wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:16:42 +0530 Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: lso

Re: local copy of handbook

2009-01-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:27:31 +0530, Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Giorgos Keramidas keram...@ceid.upatras.gr wrote: 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

Re: local copy of handbook

2009-01-01 Thread Frank Shute
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:27:31AM +0530, Masoom Shaikh wrote: snip wow, am waiting eagerlyHTML is complex, what is SGML :) The fdp primer introduces it: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/index.html All the docs are written it, from which the html, postscript

Re: local copy of handbook

2009-01-01 Thread Masoom Shaikh
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:27:31AM +0530, Masoom Shaikh wrote: snip wow, am waiting eagerlyHTML is complex, what is SGML :) The fdp primer introduces it:

Re: local copy of handbook

2009-01-01 Thread Michael Powell
Masoom Shaikh wrote: [snip] wow, am waiting eagerlyHTML is complex, what is SGML :) Stands for Standard Generalized Markup Language, with roots in the printing industry. When authors submit a manuscript for publishing it contains content, but it is up to the typesetter how it will

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-31 Thread Masoom Shaikh
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: You can keep a local copy of the docs update the sources for the docs

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-31 Thread Masoom Shaikh
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Giorgos Keramidas keram...@ceid.upatras.gr wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:33:45 +, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-30 Thread Frank Shute
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk 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

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:33:45 +, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: You can keep a local copy of the docs update the sources for the docs with csup

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread RW
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:16:42 +0530 Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: lso I cud use tarballs from FTP, but is there easy way to install them ? also csup didn't help here is my csup file *default tag=RELENG_7 *default host=ftp2.tw.freebsd.org *default prefix=/usr *default

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Masoom Shaikh
On Monday 29 December 2008 18:15:58 RW wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:16:42 +0530 Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: lso I cud use tarballs from FTP, but is there easy way to install them ? also csup didn't help here is my csup file *default tag=RELENG_7 *default

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Randy Pratt
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:39:42 +0530 Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 29 December 2008 18:15:58 RW wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:16:42 +0530 Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: lso I cud use tarballs from FTP, but is there easy way to install them ? also

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Frank Shute
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 08:39:42PM +0530, Masoom Shaikh wrote: On Monday 29 December 2008 18:15:58 RW wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:16:42 +0530 Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: lso I cud use tarballs from FTP, but is there easy way to install them ? also csup didn't help

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Bruce Cran
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk 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:

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk 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:

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:43:19 +, Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote: Are the docs branched? I tried running a csup with tag=RELENG_7 and nothing got created; changing the line doc-all to doc-all tag=. fixed it and fetched all the docs. Hi Bruce, No, there are no release-specific

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Frank Shute
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 09:43:19PM +, Bruce Cran wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:17 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk 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

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-29 Thread Bruce Cran
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:12:51 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: As Giorgios points out, the docs aren't branched. I'll try make it clearer on that page that it's only for SUPFILE(source) that there is a branch you have to follow. PORTSSUPFILE(ports) DOCSUPFILE(docs) are just

local copy of handbook

2008-12-28 Thread Masoom Shaikh
hello list, in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel world uname -a FreeBSD raptor 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
Masoom Shaikh wrote: hello list, in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel world uname -a FreeBSD raptor 7.1-PRERELEASE

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-28 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
On Monday 29 December 2008 2:46:42 am Masoom Shaikh wrote: hello list, in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel world