docs/71566: [PATCH] FAQ update: Mention that doscmd is gone

[Peter Pentchev]

The following reply was made to PR docs/71566; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Pentchev <roam at ringlet.net>
To: Joel Dahl <joel at automatvapen.se>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/71566: [PATCH] FAQ update: Mention that doscmd is gone
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:13:32 +0300

 On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:00:15PM +0200, Joel Dahl wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         71566
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       [PATCH] FAQ update: Mention that doscmd is gone
 > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 10 19:00:32 GMT 2004
 > >Originator:     Joel Dahl
 > >Description:
 > As I understand it, doscmd was removed from the base system
 > a while ago and the FAQ does not mention this change.
 > The attached patch makes the FAQ aware of this.
 [snip]
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 	
 > >Fix:
 [snip patch]
 
 What do you think about the following rewording of the note?
 
 Index: book.sgml
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 RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
 retrieving revision 1.646
 diff -u -r1.646 book.sgml
 --- book.sgml	12 Sep 2004 18:38:47 -0000	1.646
 +++ book.sgml	13 Sep 2004 10:11:56 -0000
 @@ -11153,9 +11153,15 @@
          </question>
  
          <answer>
 -          <para>Yes, you can use the integrated
 -            <application>doscmd</application> DOS emulation program to
 -            run a subset of DOS commands.</para>
 +          <para>Yes, you can use <filename
 +            role="package">emulators/doscmd</filename>, a DOS emulation
 +            program, available in the &os; Ports Collection.</para>
 +
 +	  <note>
 +            <para>The <application>doscmd</application> program used to be an
 +              integrated part of &os;, but was removed before the release of
 +              &os; 5.3.</para>
 +	  </note>
  
            <para>If <application>doscmd</application> will not suffice,
              the add-on utility <filename
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
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