Bug 237546

Summary:	Handbook ch. 5.5.2, references outdated package
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Nicola Mingotti <nmingotti>
Component:	Books & Articles	Assignee:	freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Some People	CC:	bcr
Priority:	---
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Nicola Mingotti 2019-04-25 05:33:46 UTC

At this page: 
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-fonts.html

It is suggested to install package "pkg install mkfontdir".
Such package does not exist anymore, it has been merged into 
"mkfontscale", according to: 

http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/HEADS-UP-mkfontscale-updated-and-mkfontdir-removed-td6319578.html

bye
n.

Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer

2019-05-12 15:02:07 UTC

A commit references this bug:

Author: bcr
Date: Sun May 12 15:01:43 UTC 2019
New revision: 53007
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53007

Log:
  Chase merge of mkfontdir into  mkfontscale.

  The port mkfontdir was removed and merged into mkfontscale.
  Rename mentions of mkfontdir in the X11 chapter to fit.

  PR:		237546
  Submitted by	nmingotti@gmail.com

Changes:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml

Comment 2 Benedict Reuschling freebsd_committer

2019-05-12 15:05:10 UTC

I just committed a patch to rename mkfontdir into mkfontscale in that chapter. Thanks for submitting the patch. PR closed!