The FAQ lists the previous edition of "The Complete FreeBSD" Fix: The number of pages may be wrong; I don't have my copy at hand, and am trusting the count Barnes & Noble lists... Added bonus: handbook fix for the link to buy the book: How-To-Repeat: ask Greg Lehey?
Hi grog Can you confirm this? I'll fix it if you're too busy to do it yourself, but I'd like to get your "okay" first. Thanks Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> writes: > > >Number: 25922 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: "Complete FreeBSD" description outdated > > --- book.sgml~ Mon Mar 19 10:32:24 2001 > +++ book.sgml Mon Mar 19 10:34:30 2001 > @@ -602,13 +602,13 @@ > <para>The definitive printed guide on FreeBSD is > <quote>The Complete FreeBSD</quote>, written by Greg Lehey and > published by BSDi (formerly Walnut Creek CDROM) Books. > - Now in its second > + Now in its third > - edition, the book contains 1,750 pages of install & system > + edition, the book contains 773 pages of install & system > administration guidance, program setup help, and manual pages. > The book (and current FreeBSD release) can be ordered from > <ulink URL="http://www.osd.bsdi.com/">BSDi</ulink>, > <ulink URL="http://www.cheapbytes.com/">CheapBytes</ulink>, or > - at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-227-2.</para> > + at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-246-9.</para> > > <para>Since FreeBSD is based upon Berkeley > 4.4BSD-Lite, most of the 4.4BSD manuals are applicable to
On Saturday, 24 March 2001 at 14:23:25 -0800, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Hi grog > > Can you confirm this? I'll fix it if you're too busy to do it > yourself, but I'd like to get your "okay" first. > Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> writes: >> >>> Number: 25922 >>> Category: docs >>> Synopsis: "Complete FreeBSD" description outdated >> >> --- book.sgml~ Mon Mar 19 10:32:24 2001 >> +++ book.sgml Mon Mar 19 10:34:30 2001 >> @@ -602,13 +602,13 @@ >> <para>The definitive printed guide on FreeBSD is >> <quote>The Complete FreeBSD</quote>, written by Greg Lehey and >> published by BSDi (formerly Walnut Creek CDROM) Books. >> - Now in its second >> + Now in its third >> - edition, the book contains 1,750 pages of install & system >> + edition, the book contains 773 pages of install & system This one is OK. >> administration guidance, program setup help, and manual pages. >> The book (and current FreeBSD release) can be ordered from >> <ulink URL="http://www.osd.bsdi.com/">BSDi</ulink>, >> <ulink URL="http://www.cheapbytes.com/">CheapBytes</ulink>, or >> - at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-227-2.</para> >> + at your favorite bookstore. The ISBN is 1-57176-246-9.</para> They've just done a reprint, and it's possible that the ISBN has changed. I had the copies in my hands a couple of days ago, but I don't have them any more. I'd say go ahead and commit the change, but maybe add the caveat that ISBN numbers are not unique. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks!