docs/159220: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING

[Alexander Best]

The following reply was made to PR docs/159220; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alexander Best <arundel at freebsd.org>
To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk at MIT.EDU>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org, freebsd-doc at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/159220: Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:24:01 +0000

 On Tue Jul 26 11, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
 > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Alexander Best wrote:
 > 
 > >
 > >>Number:         159220
 > >>Category:       docs
 > >>Synopsis:       Strange sentence in /usr/src/UPDATING
 > >>Confidential:   no
 > >>Severity:       non-critical
 > >>Priority:       low
 > >>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
 > >>State:          open
 > >>Quarter:
 > >>Keywords:
 > >>Date-Required:
 > >>Class:          doc-bug
 > >>Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 26 23:50:04 UTC 2011
 > >>Closed-Date:
 > >>Last-Modified:
 > >>Originator:     Alexander Best
 > >>Release:        9.0-CURRENT
 > >>Organization:
 > >>Environment:
 > >FreeBSD otaku 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r224294=bc9530b-dirty: 
 > >Sun Jul 24 23:47:48 CEST 2011     
 > >arundel at otaku:/usr/obj/usr/git-freebsd-head/sys/ARUNDEL  amd64
 > >>Description:
 > >In /usr/src/UPDATING, almost at the very end of the file, there's the 
 > >following sentence:
 > >
 > >"This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
 > >breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
 > >and it only starts on October 16, 2004.  Updating files can found in
 > >previous releases if your system is older than this."
 > >
 > >The last sentence seems quite broken. At least I haven't got a clue what 
 > >it's supposed to mean.
 > 
 > "If you need to see entries from the UPDATING file which are older than 
 > 2004/10/16, go get the UPDATING file from a previous &os; release, and it 
 > will have a better chance of including what you're looking for."
 
 thanks. can we get this committed, please?
 
 > 
 > -Ben Kaduk