From 0557f5eb663471cbd21df1bcf710537569bf4bdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:16:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Modernize the GNATS mirroring section

PR:		docs/176435
Submitted by:	jgh
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
---
 .../articles/committers-guide/article.xml     | 33 ++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
index 9240993c9e..eda60a870c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
@@ -444,11 +444,11 @@
       <sect3>
 	<title>Checkout from a Mirror</title>
 
-	<para>You can check out a working copy from a mirror by simply
+	<para>Check out a working copy from a mirror by
 	  substituting the mirror's <acronym>URL</acronym> for
 	  <literal>svn+ssh://svn.freebsd.org/base</literal>.  This can
-	  be an official mirror or a mirror you maintain yourself
-	  using <command>svnsync</command> or similar.</para>
+	  be an official mirror or a mirror maintained by
+	  using <command>svnsync</command>.</para>
 
 	<para>There is a serious disadvantage to this method: every
 	  time something is to be committed, a <command>svn switch
@@ -2300,32 +2300,19 @@ ControlPersist yes</screen>
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <para>You can run a local copy of GNATS, and then integrate the FreeBSD
-      GNATS tree in to it using CVSup.  Then you can run GNATS commands
-      locally.
-      This lets you query the PR database without needing to be connected to
-      the Internet.</para>
+      GNATS tree by creating an <application>rsync</application> mirror.
+      Then you can run GNATS commands locally, allowing you to query the PR
+      database without an Internet connection.</para>
 
     <sect2>
       <title>Mirroring the GNATS Tree</title>
 
-      <para>It is possible to mirror the GNATS database by adding this line
-	to your <filename>supfile</filename>. Note that since
-	GNATS is not under CVS control it has no tag, so if you are adding
-	it to your existing <filename>supfile</filename> it should appear
-	before any <quote>tag=</quote> entry as these remain active once set.</para>
+      <para>It is possible to mirror the GNATS database by installing
+	<filename role="package">net/rsync</filename>, and
+	 executing:</para>
 
-	<programlisting>gnats release=current prefix=/usr</programlisting>
+	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>rsync -va rsync://bit0.us-west.freebsd.org/FreeBSD-bit/gnats .</userinput></screen>
 
-	<para>This will place the FreeBSD GNATS tree in
-	  <filename>/usr/gnats</filename>.  You can use a
-	  <emphasis>refuse</emphasis> file to control which categories to
-	  receive.  For example, to only receive <literal>docs</literal> PRs,
-	  put this line in
-	  <filename>/usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup/refuse</filename><footnote>
-	    <para>The precise path depends on the <literal>*default
-		base</literal> setting in your
-	      <filename>supfile</filename>.</para>
-	  </footnote>.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 id="gnatstools">