docs/140703: add xorg-minimal as alternative for X11 Distribution installation

Jason Helfman jhelfman at e-e.com
Thu Nov 19 18:50:03 UTC 2009


>Number:         140703
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       add xorg-minimal as alternative for X11 Distribution installation
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 19 18:50:02 UTC 2009
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>Originator:     Jason Helfman
>Release:        7.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
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>Description:
add xorg-minimal as alternative for X11 Distribution installation

-suggestion per maintainer of port

Attempted to fix this particular portion of document per standards I believe I met.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml.orig	2009-11-19 10:33:01.000000000 -0800
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml	2009-11-19 10:42:19.000000000 -0800
@@ -339,11 +339,18 @@
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r xorg</userinput></screen>
 
-    <note><para>The examples above will install the complete
+    <note>
+      <para>The examples above will install the complete
       X11 distribution including the
       servers, clients, fonts etc.  Separate packages and ports of X11
-      are also
-      available.</para></note>
+      are also available.</para>
+
+      <para>To install an minimal X11 distribution you can 
+      alternatively install <filename role="package">x11/xorg-minimal
+      </filename></para>.
+    </note>
+
+</note>
 
     <para>The rest of this chapter will explain how to configure
       X11, and how to set up a productive desktop


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