Bug 71566

Summary: [PATCH] FAQ update: Mention that doscmd is gone
Product: Documentation Reporter: Joel Dahl <joel>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
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Description Joel Dahl 2004-09-10 20:00:32 UTC 
As I understand it, doscmd was removed from the base system
a while ago and the FAQ does not mention this change.
The attached patch makes the FAQ aware of this.

Note that this only applies for 5.3. doscmd exists in 5.2.1.

The original commit message:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200403232227.i2NMRQn5042762
Comment 1 Peter Pentchev 2004-09-13 11:13:32 UTC 
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:00:15PM +0200, Joel Dahl wrote:
> 
> >Number:         71566
> >Category:       docs
> >Synopsis:       [PATCH] FAQ update: Mention that doscmd is gone
> >Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 10 19:00:32 GMT 2004
> >Originator:     Joel Dahl
> >Description:
> As I understand it, doscmd was removed from the base system
> a while ago and the FAQ does not mention this change.
> The attached patch makes the FAQ aware of this.
[snip]
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 	
> >Fix:
[snip patch]

What do you think about the following rewording of the note?

Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.646
diff -u -r1.646 book.sgml
--- book.sgml	12 Sep 2004 18:38:47 -0000	1.646
+++ book.sgml	13 Sep 2004 10:11:56 -0000
@@ -11153,9 +11153,15 @@
         </question>
 
         <answer>
-          <para>Yes, you can use the integrated
-            <application>doscmd</application> DOS emulation program to
-            run a subset of DOS commands.</para>
+          <para>Yes, you can use <filename
+            role="package">emulators/doscmd</filename>, a DOS emulation
+            program, available in the &os; Ports Collection.</para>
+
+	  <note>
+            <para>The <application>doscmd</application> program used to be an
+              integrated part of &os;, but was removed before the release of
+              &os; 5.3.</para>
+	  </note>
 
           <para>If <application>doscmd</application> will not suffice,
             the add-on utility <filename

G'luck,
Peter

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Comment 2 Peter Pentchev freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2004-09-13 17:19:09 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Update committed, thanks!