"The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda - time to retire

Danny nocmonkey at gmail.com
Fri May 6 15:30:08 PDT 2005


On 5/6/05, Greg Lehey <grog at freebsd.org> wrote:
> The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web page
> or any other online documentation.  The result is that most leading edge
> computer books are out of date almost before they are printed.  Unfortunately,
> The Complete FreeBSD, published by O'Reilly, is no exception.  Inevitably, a
> number of bugs and changes have surfaced.
> 
> "The Complete FreeBSD" has been through a total of five editions, including its
> predecessor "Installing and Running FreeBSD".  Two of these have been reprinted
> with corrections.  I maintain a series of errata pages.  Start at
> http://www.lemis.com/errata-4.html to find out how to get the errata
> information.
> 
> Have you found a problem with the book, or maybe something confusing?  Please
> let me know: I'm constantly updating it.

"Errata and addenda for the Complete FreeBSD, fourth edition
Last revision: $Date: 2003/07/01 02:00:06 $ "

It's been almost two years since an update, Greg, I would say it's
safe to stop sending this automated email.  I think all the bugs have
been found.

...D


More information about the freebsd-questions mailing list