* RCS Date string in <date>

* Add year to <copyright>

 * Explain how you can use CVSup to download the PR database, and then
   teach a local copy of GNATS about the files you've installed, to make
   it easier to query them without being online all the time.

   Prompted by Warner's query on -committers last month.  Doing this is
   actually fairly trivial, but I figure a lot of you'll benefit from it.

 * Change some &prompt.user; to &prompt.root; (as far as I can see, you
   need to run the commands as root).

 * Update a link to point to the Porter's Handbook.
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</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>September 1999</pubdate>
<pubdate>$Date: 2000-06-08 18:12:54 $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1999-2000</year>
<year>1999</year>
<year>2000</year>
<holder>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
@ -287,6 +288,103 @@
<para>&man.send-pr.1;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>You can run a local copy of GNATS, and then integrate the FreeBSD
GNATS tree in to it using CVSup. Then you can run GNATS commands
locally, or us other interfaces, such as <command>tkgnats</command>.
This lets you query the PR database without needing to be connected to
the Internet.</para>
<procedure>
<title>Using a local GNATS tree</title>
<step>
<para>If you are not already downloading the GNATS tree, add this line
to your <filename>supfile</filename>, and re-sup.</para>
<programlisting>gnats release=current prefix=/usr</programlisting>
<para>This will place the FreeBSD GNATS tree in
<filename>/usr/gnats</filename>. You can use a
<emphasis>refuse</emphasis> file to control which categories to
receive. For example, to only receive <literal>docs</literal> PRs,
put this line in
<filename>/usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup/refuse</filename><footnote>
<para>The precise path depends on the <literal>*default
base</literal> setting in your
<filename>supfile</filename>.</para>
</footnote>.</para>
<programlisting>gnats/[a-ce-z]*</programlisting>
<para>The rest of this examples assume you have only supped the
<literal>docs</literal> category. Adjust them as necessary,
depending on the categories you are synching.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Install the GNATS port from
<filename>ports/databases/gnats</filename>. This will place the
various GNATS directories under
<filename>$PREFIX/share/gnats</filename>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Symlink the GNATS directories you are supping under the version
of GNATS you have installed.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s /usr/gnats/docs</userinput></screen>
<para>Repeat as necessary, depending on how many GNATS categories you
are synching.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Update the GNATS <filename>categories</filename> file with these
cageories. The file is
<filename>$PREFIX/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/categories</filename>.</para>
<programlisting># This category is mandatory
pending:Category for faulty PRs:gnats-admin:
#
# FreeBSD categories
#
docs:Documentation Bug:nik:</programlisting>
</step>
<step>
<para>Run <filename>$PREFIX/libexec/gnats/gen-index</filename> to
recreate the GNATS index. The output has to be redirected to
<filename>$PREFIX/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/index</filename>.
You can do this periodically from &man.cron.8;, or run &man.cvsup.1;
from a shell script that does this as well.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/local/libexec/gnats/gen-index \
> /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/index</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>Test the configuration by querying the PR database. This
command shows open <literal>docs</literal> PRs.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>query-pr -c docs -s open</userinput></screen>
<para>Other interfaces, like
<filename>ports/databases/tkgnats</filename> should also work
nicely.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Pick a PR and close it.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
<note>
<para>This procedure only works to allow you to view and query the PRs
locally. To edit or close them you will still have to log in to
<hostid>freefall</hostid> and do it from there.</para>
</note>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="people">
@ -894,18 +992,18 @@
and packages correctly. This is the recommended
sequence:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>make install</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make package</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>pkg_add <replaceable>package you built above</replaceable></userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make reinstall</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make package</userinput>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make install</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make package</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add <replaceable>package you built above</replaceable></userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make reinstall</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make package</userinput>
</screen>
<para>The Handbook's
<ulink url="../handbook/porting.html">porting
section</ulink> contains more detailed
<para>The
<ulink url="../porters-handbook/index.html">Porters
Handbook</ulink> contains more detailed
instructions.</para>
<para>Use &man.portlint.1; to check the syntax of the port.

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</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>September 1999</pubdate>
<pubdate>$Date: 2000-06-08 18:12:54 $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1999-2000</year>
<year>1999</year>
<year>2000</year>
<holder>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
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<para>&man.send-pr.1;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>You can run a local copy of GNATS, and then integrate the FreeBSD
GNATS tree in to it using CVSup. Then you can run GNATS commands
locally, or us other interfaces, such as <command>tkgnats</command>.
This lets you query the PR database without needing to be connected to
the Internet.</para>
<procedure>
<title>Using a local GNATS tree</title>
<step>
<para>If you are not already downloading the GNATS tree, add this line
to your <filename>supfile</filename>, and re-sup.</para>
<programlisting>gnats release=current prefix=/usr</programlisting>
<para>This will place the FreeBSD GNATS tree in
<filename>/usr/gnats</filename>. You can use a
<emphasis>refuse</emphasis> file to control which categories to
receive. For example, to only receive <literal>docs</literal> PRs,
put this line in
<filename>/usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup/refuse</filename><footnote>
<para>The precise path depends on the <literal>*default
base</literal> setting in your
<filename>supfile</filename>.</para>
</footnote>.</para>
<programlisting>gnats/[a-ce-z]*</programlisting>
<para>The rest of this examples assume you have only supped the
<literal>docs</literal> category. Adjust them as necessary,
depending on the categories you are synching.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Install the GNATS port from
<filename>ports/databases/gnats</filename>. This will place the
various GNATS directories under
<filename>$PREFIX/share/gnats</filename>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Symlink the GNATS directories you are supping under the version
of GNATS you have installed.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s /usr/gnats/docs</userinput></screen>
<para>Repeat as necessary, depending on how many GNATS categories you
are synching.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Update the GNATS <filename>categories</filename> file with these
cageories. The file is
<filename>$PREFIX/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/categories</filename>.</para>
<programlisting># This category is mandatory
pending:Category for faulty PRs:gnats-admin:
#
# FreeBSD categories
#
docs:Documentation Bug:nik:</programlisting>
</step>
<step>
<para>Run <filename>$PREFIX/libexec/gnats/gen-index</filename> to
recreate the GNATS index. The output has to be redirected to
<filename>$PREFIX/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/index</filename>.
You can do this periodically from &man.cron.8;, or run &man.cvsup.1;
from a shell script that does this as well.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/local/libexec/gnats/gen-index \
> /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/index</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>Test the configuration by querying the PR database. This
command shows open <literal>docs</literal> PRs.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>query-pr -c docs -s open</userinput></screen>
<para>Other interfaces, like
<filename>ports/databases/tkgnats</filename> should also work
nicely.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Pick a PR and close it.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
<note>
<para>This procedure only works to allow you to view and query the PRs
locally. To edit or close them you will still have to log in to
<hostid>freefall</hostid> and do it from there.</para>
</note>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="people">
@ -894,18 +992,18 @@
and packages correctly. This is the recommended
sequence:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>make install</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make package</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>pkg_add <replaceable>package you built above</replaceable></userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make reinstall</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>make package</userinput>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make install</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make package</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add <replaceable>package you built above</replaceable></userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make deinstall</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make reinstall</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make package</userinput>
</screen>
<para>The Handbook's
<ulink url="../handbook/porting.html">porting
section</ulink> contains more detailed
<para>The
<ulink url="../porters-handbook/index.html">Porters
Handbook</ulink> contains more detailed
instructions.</para>
<para>Use &man.portlint.1; to check the syntax of the port.