> On Oct 29, 2017, at 13:53, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg_at_pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > -- Start of PGP signed section. > [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] >>> On 2017-10-29 11:00, Kurt Jaeger wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>>> How can we suggest edits for the docs? >>> >>> Checkout the docs repo: >>> >>> svn checkout https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/ . >>> >>> Change the relevant files, create a new problem report on >>> >>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/ >>> >>> and attach the svn diff to that problem report. >> >> Since the document in question is a man page, it actually lives in the >> src tree. >> >> svn checkout https://svn.freebsd.org/base/head/ . >> >> cd usr.sbin/jail >> >> vi jail.8 >> >> svn diff > jail_manpage.patch >> >> And then attach that patch to a bugzilla, or upload it to >> reviews.freebsd.org > > Lets make this MUCH easier on a user..... > cp /usr/share/man/man8/jail.8.gz /tmp > cd /tmp > gzip -d jail.8.gz > cp -p jail.8 jail.8.orig > vi jail.8 > diff -u jail.8.orig jail.8 >jail.8.patch > > And then attach that patch to a bugzilla.... > > More commands, but much shorter amount of time. > > (Of cource broken if your system is not -current or close to it) No. Just do a sparse checkout of share/man/man8 ... less error prone and one has a usable diff instead of a diff that might contain local modifications, or be a few revisions behind. > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes_at_freebsd.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"Received on Sun Oct 29 2017 - 23:36:36 UTC
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