docs/154986: [maintainer-update] [patch] freebsd-update-server : content cleanup, move to callouts
Jason Helfman
jhelfman at experts-exchange.com
Wed Feb 23 20:20:08 UTC 2011
>Number: 154986
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [maintainer-update] [patch] freebsd-update-server : content cleanup, move to callouts
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: maintainer-update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 23 20:20:07 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
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>Originator: Jason Helfman
>Release: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Experts Exchange, LLC.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD eggman.experts-exchange.com 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:55:53 UTC 2010 root at almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
1. Reword of "much slower..." to "potentially slower..."
2. Cleanup redundancy of mailing list stable in tips.
3. Cleanup layout. Move to callouts.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: freebsd-update-server/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/jhelfman/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-update-server/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 Makefile
--- freebsd-update-server/Makefile 13 Feb 2011 17:53:26 -0000 1.1
+++ freebsd-update-server/Makefile 23 Feb 2011 19:57:29 -0000
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
SRCS= article.sgml
SRCS+= ${EXTRAS}
+IMAGES_LIB+= callouts/1.png
+IMAGES_LIB+= callouts/2.png
+IMAGES_LIB+= callouts/3.png
+IMAGES_LIB+= callouts/4.png
+IMAGES_LIB+= callouts/5.png
+
afterinstall:
.for entry in ${EXTRAS}
${INSTALL_DOCS} ${.CURDIR}/${entry} ${DESTDIR}
Index: freebsd-update-server/article.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/jhelfman/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-update-server/article.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 article.sgml
--- freebsd-update-server/article.sgml 14 Feb 2011 20:41:53 -0000 1.2
+++ freebsd-update-server/article.sgml 23 Feb 2011 19:55:06 -0000
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
Running a &fbus.ap; makes it easier to deploy security and software
patches to selected test machines before rolling them out to
production. It also means a number of systems can be updated from the
- local network rather than a much slower Internet connection.
+ local network rather than a potentially slower Internet connection.
This article outlines the steps involved in creating an internal
&fbus.ap;.</para>
</sect1>
@@ -127,37 +127,38 @@
<para>Here is the default <filename>build.conf</filename>, which should
be modified to suit your environment.</para>
- <programlisting>
+ <informalexample> <programlisting>
# Main configuration file for FreeBSD Update builds. The
# release-specific configuration data is lower down in
# the scripts tree.
# Location from which to fetch releases
-export FTP=ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases
+export FTP=ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases<co id="ftp-id">
# Host platform
export HOSTPLATFORM=`uname -m`
# Host name to use inside jails
-export BUILDHOSTNAME=${HOSTPLATFORM}-builder.daemonology.net
+export BUILDHOSTNAME=${HOSTPLATFORM}-builder.daemonology.net<co id="buildhost-id">
# Location of SSH key
-export SSHKEY=/root/.ssh/id_dsa
+export SSHKEY=/root/.ssh/id_dsa<co id="sshkey-id">
# SSH account into which files are uploaded
-MASTERACCT=builder at wadham.daemonology.net
+MASTERACCT=builder at wadham.daemonology.net<co id="mstacct-id">
# Directory into which files are uploaded
-MASTERDIR=update-master.freebsd.org</programlisting>
+MASTERDIR=update-master.freebsd.org<co id="mstdir-id">
+</programlisting>
+</informalexample>
+
<para>Parameters for consideration would be:</para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>FTP</literal></term>
+ <calloutlist>
+ <callout arearefs="ftp-id">
- <listitem>
<para>This is the location where ISO images are downloaded from (by
the <function>fetchiso()</function> subroutine
of <filename>scripts/build.subr</filename>). The location
@@ -171,24 +172,16 @@
architecture-specific area
at <filename>scripts/RELEASE/ARCHITECTURE/build.subr</filename>
and applying local changes.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>BUILDHOSTNAME</literal></term>
+ </callout>
- <listitem>
+ <callout arearefs="buildhost-id">
<para>The name of the build host. This information will be
displayed on updated systems when issuing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>uname -v</userinput></screen>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>SSHKEY</literal></term>
+ </callout>
- <listitem>
+ <callout arearefs="sshkey-id">
<para>The <application>SSH</application> key for uploading files to
the update server. A key pair can be created by
typing <command>ssh-keygen -t dsa</command>. This parameter is
@@ -199,27 +192,18 @@
<para>The &man.ssh-keygen.1; manual page has more detailed
information about <application>SSH</application> and the
appropriate steps for creating and using one.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </callout>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>MASTERACCT</literal></term>
-
- <listitem>
+ <callout arearefs="mstacct-id">
<para>Account for uploading files to the update
server.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><literal>MASTERDIR</literal></term>
+ </callout>
- <listitem>
+ <callout arearefs="mstdir-id">
<para>Directory on the update server where files are uploaded
to.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ </callout>
+ </calloutlist>
<para>The default <filename>build.conf</filename> file shipped with
the <application>freebsd-update-server</application> sources is
@@ -242,16 +226,11 @@
options for &os; 7.2-RELEASE on &arch.amd64; should be similar
to:</para>
+ <informalexample>
<programlisting># SHA256 hash of RELEASE disc1.iso image.
-export RELH=1ea1f6f652d7c5f5eab7ef9f8edbed50cb664b08ed761850f95f48e86cc71ef5</programlisting>
+export RELH=1ea1f6f652d7c5f5eab7ef9f8edbed50cb664b08ed761850f95f48e86cc71ef5<co id="sha256-id">
- <note>
- <para>The &man.sha256.1; hash key for the desired release, is
- published within the respective <ulink
- url="&url.base;/releases/">release announcement</ulink>.</para>
- </note>
-
- <programlisting># Components of the world, source, and kernels
+# Components of the world, source, and kernels
export WORLDPARTS="base catpages dict doc games info manpages proflibs lib32"
export SOURCEPARTS="base bin contrib crypto etc games gnu include krb5 \
lib libexec release rescue sbin secure share sys tools \
@@ -259,9 +238,16 @@
export KERNELPARTS="generic"
# EOL date
-export EOL=1275289200</programlisting>
+export EOL=1275289200<co id="eol-id"></programlisting></informalexample>
- <note>
+ <calloutlist>
+ <callout arearefs="sha256-id">
+ <para>The &man.sha256.1; hash key for the desired release, is
+ published within the respective <ulink
+ url="&url.base;/releases/">release announcement</ulink>.</para>
+ </callout>
+
+ <callout arearefs="eol-id">
<para>To generate the "End of Life" number for
<filename>build.conf</filename>, refer to the "Estimated
EOL" posted on the <ulink
@@ -269,9 +255,9 @@
Security Website</ulink>. The value
of <literal>EOL</literal> can be derived from the date listed on
the web site, using the &man.date.1; utility, for example:</para>
-
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>date -j -f '%Y%m%d-%H%M%S' '20090401-000000' '+%s'</userinput></screen>
- </note>
+ </callout>
+ </calloutlist>
</step>
</procedure>
</sect1>
@@ -818,7 +804,7 @@
url="&url.books.handbook;/firewalls.html">firewall</ulink>
rule to block outgoing RST packets. Due to a bug noted <ulink
url="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-April/049578.html">in a posting</ulink>
- on the &a.stable; mailing list in April 2009, there may be
+ on the &a.stable; in April 2009, there may be
time-outs and failures when updating a system.</para>
</listitem>
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