From 5e802b843ffcb0e2d422a7623d71e7e8c902aa3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gabor Pali Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:47:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Question 7.1: - Replace freebsd-announce with &a.announce; - Update version numbers 4.X, 5.X, 6.X to 6.X, 7.X, 8.X - Add to meta-minor version numbers - Fix sysinstall(8) - Mark up sysinstall(8) menus with - Remove mention of .tgz packet formats (only .tbz packets used) - Update FTP paths to 6-STABLE, 7-STABLE, 8-CURRENT Approved by: gabor (mentor) --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 55 ++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index d3032a10c0..db44a95c49 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -4241,11 +4241,12 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254 for info on software packages ported to FreeBSD. The list currently tops &os.numports; and is growing daily, so come back to check often or subscribe to the - freebsd-announce mailing list for periodic updates + &a.announce; + for periodic updates on new entries. - Most ports should work on the 4.X, 5.X, and 6.X branches. + Most ports should work on the + 6.X, 7.X and 8.X branches. Each time a FreeBSD release is made, a snapshot of the ports tree at the time of release in also included in the ports/ directory. @@ -4258,12 +4259,12 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254 again easily without having to know the gory details of which files it includes. - Use the package installation menu in - /stand/sysinstall (under the - post-configuration menu item) or invoke the + Use the Packages package installation menu in + &man.sysinstall.8; (under the + Configure menu item) or invoke the &man.pkg.add.1; command on the specific package files you are interested in installing. Package files can usually be - identified by their .tgz or .tbz suffix and + identified by their .tbz suffix and CDROM distribution people will have a packages/All directory on their CD which contains such files. They can also be downloaded @@ -4272,39 +4273,29 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254 - for 4.X-RELEASE/4-STABLE - - - ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/ - - - - - - for 5.X-RELEASE/5-STABLE - - - ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable - - - - - for 6.X-RELEASE/6-STABLE + for 6.X-RELEASE/6-STABLE - ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable + ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable - for 7-CURRENT + for 7.X-RELEASE/7-STABLE - ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-current + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/"> + ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable + + + + + for 8-CURRENT + + + ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-current @@ -4315,7 +4306,7 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254 new ones are constantly being added. It is always a good idea to check back periodically to see which packages are available at the ftp.FreeBSD.org + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp.FreeBSD.org master site.