Bug 177874

Summary: [patch] handbook/kernelconfig: add a link to man page
Product: Documentation Reporter: Taras Korenko <ds>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Warren Block <wblock>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
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Description Taras Korenko 2013-04-15 17:50:00 UTC 
  It's worth mentioning an authoritative source of kernel configuration directives and their descriptions (simply put: &man.config.5;) within the handbook/kernelconfig chapter.  The proposed statement is attached (as a *.diff).
  Thank you.

Fix: Patch attached with submission follows:
Comment 1 Warren Block freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2013-04-15 18:42:45 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->wblock

Take.
Comment 2 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2013-04-15 18:49:57 UTC 
Author: wblock
Date: Mon Apr 15 17:49:50 2013
New Revision: 41434
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41434

Log:
  Add a reference to config(5).
  
  PR:		docs/177874
  Submitted by:	Taras <ds@ukrhub.net>

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml	Mon Apr 15 15:03:47 2013	(r41433)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml	Mon Apr 15 17:49:50 2013	(r41434)
@@ -493,14 +493,16 @@ options         IPDIVERT</programlisting
       <filename>GENERIC</filename> will be also be added to the local
       kernel unless they are specifically prevented using
       <literal>nooptions</literal> or <literal>nodevice</literal>.
-      The remainder of this chapter addresses the contents of a
+      A comprehensive list of configuration directives and their
+      descriptions may be found in &man.config.5;.</para>
+
+    <para>The remainder of this chapter addresses the contents of a
       typical configuration file and the role various options and
       devices play.</para>
 
     <note>
       <para>To build a file which contains all available options,
 	run the following command as <username>root</username>:</para>
-
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src/sys/<replaceable>i386</replaceable>/conf &amp;&amp; make LINT</userinput></screen>
     </note>
 
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Comment 3 Warren Block freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2013-04-15 18:50:07 UTC 
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From-To: open->closed

Slightly modified version of patch committed.  Thanks!