diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml index f8871d4bba..cec69f3048 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml @@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ In either case, following the process described in Porter's - Handbook will yield the best results. + Handbook will yield the best results. (You might + also wish to read + Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection.) + @@ -733,16 +737,24 @@ filed as kern or bin; see discussion of those categories below. - Example: you have a common PC-based machine, and think + + Correct use of arch-specific category + + You have a common PC-based machine, and think you have encountered a problem specific to a particular chipset or a particular motherboard: i386 is the right category. + - Example: You are having a problem with an add-in + + Incorrect use of arch-specific category + + You are having a problem with an add-in peripheral card on a commonly seen bus, or a problem with a particular type of hard disk drive: in this case, it probably applies to more than one architecture, and kern is the right category. + Here is the current list of categories (taken from @@ -751,7 +763,7 @@ advocacy: problems relating to - &os;'s public image. Rarely used. + &os;'s public image. Obsolete. @@ -766,18 +778,12 @@ bin: problems with userland - programs in the base system. If running &man.whereis.1; - shows /bin, /usr/sbin, - or something similar, then this is probably the right - category. (A few contributed programs might instead - need to be in gnu; see below.) + programs in the base system. conf: problems with - configuration files, default values, and so forth. - Things that affect /usr/share - or /etc/rc* belong here. + configuration files, default values, and so forth. @@ -802,8 +808,7 @@ java: problems related to the &java; - Virtual Machine. (Ports that merely depend on &java; to - run should be filed under ports.) + Virtual Machine. @@ -826,7 +831,7 @@ ports: problems relating to the - ports tree. + Ports Collection. @@ -856,10 +861,7 @@ www: Changes or enhancements to - the &os; website. - Problems with code found in /usr/ports/www - do not belong here, they belong in - ports instead. + the &os; website.