FreeBSD Documentation

[Cy Schubert]

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> On 2017-10-29 11:00, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > Hi!
> >=20
> >> How can we suggest edits for the docs?
> >=20
> > Checkout the docs repo:
> >=20
> >   svn checkout https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/ .
> >=20
> > Change the relevant files, create a new problem report on
> >=20
> >   https://bugs.freebsd.org/
> >=20
> > and attach the svn diff to that problem report.
> >=20
> 
> 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

Yes, and that's the first step to becoming a committer. I recall sending 
multiple patches because I didn't want to patch brand new FreeBSD systems 
after installing the ISO (they were plastic discs then). (We used FreeBSD 
for infrastructure servers at $JOB at the time.) Then one day there was an 
email from nectar@ in my inbox offering the keys to the farm.


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Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
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	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.