From mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org Tue May 23 23:45:37 2000 Return-Path: Received: from praseodumium.btinternet.com (praseodumium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF3837B8D1 for ; Tue, 23 May 2000 23:45:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [213.1.164.88] (helo=parish.my.domain) by gadolinium with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12uIyr-0001tp-00 for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 May 2000 19:00:39 +0100 Received: (from root@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01210; Tue, 23 May 2000 19:00:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Message-Id: <200005231800.TAA01210@parish.my.domain> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:00:21 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Ovens Reply-To: Mark Ovens To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: [PATCH] bad link in the handbook X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 18789 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] bad link in the handbook >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 23 23:50:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: Wed May 24 16:50:16 PDT 2000 >Last-Modified: Wed May 24 16:51:19 PDT 2000 >Originator: Mark Ovens >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: The link to the Porters Handbook in the Ports section of the handbook has an incomplete URL. It only points to the directory, not index.html >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: *** /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml.orig Sun May 21 19:17:30 2000 --- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml Tue May 23 18:55:23 2000 *************** *** 989,997 **** Advanced Topics The documentation that was here has been moved to its own Porter's Handbook for ease of ! reference. Please go there if you wish to create and submit your own ! ports. Advanced Topics The documentation that was here has been moved to its own Porter's Handbook for ! ease of reference. Please go there if you wish to create and ! submit your own ports. Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Jim Mock To: Mark Ovens Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/18789: [PATCH] bad link in the handbook Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 15:39:23 -0700 On Tue, 23 May 2000 at 19:00:21 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: [snip..] > >Description: > > The link to the Porters Handbook in the Ports section of the > handbook has an incomplete URL. It only points to the directory, > not index.html Going to http://www.FreeBSD.org/porters-handbook/ works fine for me -- were you having problems getting the index.html file to load (i.e., getting just a directory listing)? If there wasn't any problem, I'm going to close this PR -- the index.html tacked onto the end isn't really needed. - jim -- - jim mock - walnut creek cdrom/freebsd test labs - jim@luna.cdrom.com - - phone: 1.925.691.2800 x.3814 - fax: 1.925.674.0821 - jim@FreeBSD.org - - editor - The FreeBSDzine - www.freebsdzine.org - jim@freebsdzine.org - State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: jim State-Changed-When: Wed May 24 16:50:16 PDT 2000 State-Changed-Why: This was happening because the submitter was browsing the directory tree using Netscape's ``open file'' option, which doesn't open index.html automagically if not specified. >Unformatted: