Bug 25922 - "Complete FreeBSD" description outdated
Summary: "Complete FreeBSD" description outdated
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2001-03-19 15:40 UTC by Lowell Gilbert
Modified: 2001-04-01 02:42 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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2001-03-19 15:40 UTC, Lowell Gilbert
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2001-03-19 15:40 UTC, Lowell Gilbert
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Description Lowell Gilbert 2001-03-19 15:40:02 UTC
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?
Comment 1 dima 2001-03-24 22:23:25 UTC
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Synopsis:       "Complete FreeBSD" description outdated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 &amp; system
> +            edition, the book contains 773 pages of install &amp; 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
Comment 2 Greg Lehey 2001-03-25 05:03:40 UTC
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 &amp; system
>> +            edition, the book contains 773 pages of install &amp; 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
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Comment 3 dd freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-04-01 02:42:41 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Committed, thanks!