diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index f67100065f..692bcd4a72 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -559,18 +559,6 @@ - - - How do I set up a FreeBSD mirror? - - - - Information on setting up a FreeBSD mirror can be - found in the Mirroring - FreeBSD article. - - - How do I access the Problem Report database? @@ -597,35 +585,6 @@ - - - How do I become a FreeBSD Web mirror? - - - - There are multiple ways to mirror the Web pages. - - - - You can retrieve the formatted files from a - FreeBSD CVSup server using the application - net/cvsup. The file - /usr/share/examples/cvsup/www-supfile - contains an example CVSup configuration file for web - mirrors. - - - - You can download the web site source code from any - FreeBSD FTP server using your favorite ftp mirror - tool. Keep in mind that you have to build these - sources before publishing them. Start mirroring at - . - - - - - What other sources of information are there? @@ -10758,76 +10717,16 @@ raisechar=^^ - - What does MFC mean? + + I have seen an acronym or other term on the mailing + lists and I do not understand what it means. Where should + I look? - MFC is an acronym for Merged From -CURRENT. - It is used in the CVS logs to denote when a change was - migrated from the CURRENT to the STABLE branches. - - - - - - What does BSD mean? - - - - It stands for something in a secret language that only - members can know. It does not translate literally but it is ok - to tell you that BSD's translation is something between, - Formula-1 Racing Team, Penguins are - tasty snacks, and We have a better sense of - humor than &linux;. :-) - - Seriously, BSD is an acronym for Berkeley - Software Distribution, which is the name the - Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research - Group) chose for their &unix; distribution way back when. - - - - - - What does POLA mean? - - - - Principle of Least Astonishment. It means that as - FreeBSD evolves, changes visible to the user should be - kept as unsurprising as possible. For example, - arbitrarily rearranging system startup variables in - /etc/defaults/rc.conf violates POLA. - Developers consider POLA when contemplating user-visible - system changes. - - - - - - What is a repo-copy? - - - - A repo-copy (which is a short form of repository - copy) refers to the direct copying of files within - the CVS repository. - - Without a repo-copy, if a file needed to be copied or - moved to another place in the repository, the committer would - run cvs add to put the file in its new - location, and then cvs rm on the old file - if the old copy was being removed. - - The disadvantage of this method is that the history - (i.e. the entries in the CVS logs) of the file would not be - copied to the new location. As the FreeBSD Project considers - this history very useful, a repository copy is often used - instead. This is a process where one of the repository meisters - will copy the files directly within the repository, rather than - using the &man.cvs.1; program. + Please see the + &os Glossary.