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From: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
Reply-To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: correct port count
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>Number:         31875
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       correct port count
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 09 07:50:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:    Fri Nov 9 17:49:01 PST 2001
>Last-Modified:  Fri Nov 09 17:49:14 PST 2001
>Originator:     Michael Lucas
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
None
>Environment:

recent -doc tree

>Description:

The count of ports in the Handbook is wrong.  I'm attaching two
patches for consideration: one contains an accurate count, one makes
the problem go away for good.  I prefer the second, but it's an
admission that keeping track of the number of ports in the Handbook is
basically futile so people might not like that.

>How-To-Repeat:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/ , look at the INDEX entry.

>Fix:


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*** 4805,4811 ****
            <para>Please take a look at
              <ulink URL="../../../../ports/index.html">the ports
              page</ulink> for info on software packages ported to FreeBSD.
!             The list currently tops 3400 and is growing daily, so come back
              to check often or subscribe to the
              <literal>freebsd-announce</literal> <link
              linkend="mailing">mailing list</link> for periodic updates on
--- 4805,4811 ----
            <para>Please take a look at
              <ulink URL="../../../../ports/index.html">the ports
              page</ulink> for info on software packages ported to FreeBSD.
!             The list currently tops 6000 and is growing daily, so come back
              to check often or subscribe to the
              <literal>freebsd-announce</literal> <link
              linkend="mailing">mailing list</link> for periodic updates on




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*** 4805,4811 ****
            <para>Please take a look at
              <ulink URL="../../../../ports/index.html">the ports
              page</ulink> for info on software packages ported to FreeBSD.
!             The list currently tops 3400 and is growing daily, so come back
              to check often or subscribe to the
              <literal>freebsd-announce</literal> <link
              linkend="mailing">mailing list</link> for periodic updates on
--- 4805,4811 ----
            <para>Please take a look at
              <ulink URL="../../../../ports/index.html">the ports
              page</ulink> for info on software packages ported to FreeBSD.
!             The list currently contains several thousand programs and is growing daily, so come back
              to check often or subscribe to the
              <literal>freebsd-announce</literal> <link
              linkend="mailing">mailing list</link> for periodic updates on






>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org>
To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/31875: correct port count 
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 17:21:22 +0000

 mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org wrote:
 > >Description:
 > 
 > The count of ports in the Handbook is wrong.
 
 Handbook or FAQ?
 
 > I'm attaching two
 > patches for consideration: one contains an accurate count, one makes
 > the problem go away for good.  I prefer the second, but it's an
 > admission that keeping track of the number of ports in the Handbook is
 > basically futile so people might not like that.
 
 Or we can assign the number of ports to an entity, and use that.  In
 fact, we already have such an entity: os.numports (see
 share/sgml/freebsd.ent).  I think we should use that in the FAQ just
 like we do in the Handbook.

From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/31875: correct port count
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:37:25 -0500

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 On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 05:21:22PM +0000, Dima Dorfman wrote:
 > Or we can assign the number of ports to an entity, and use that.  In
 > fact, we already have such an entity: os.numports (see
 > share/sgml/freebsd.ent).  I think we should use that in the FAQ just
 > like we do in the Handbook.
 
 Absolutely.  Patch attached for the heck of it.
 
 However, os.numports is out of date, we're now over 6,000.  ;)
 
 -- 
 Michael Lucas
 mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
 http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
 Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons
 
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 ***************
 *** 4805,4811 ****
             <para>Please take a look at
               <ulink URL="../../../../ports/index.html">the ports
               page</ulink> for info on software packages ported to FreeBSD.
 !             The list currently tops 3400 and is growing daily, so come back
               to check often or subscribe to the
               <literal>freebsd-announce</literal> <link
               linkend="mailing">mailing list</link> for periodic updates on
 --- 4805,4811 ----
             <para>Please take a look at
               <ulink URL="../../../../ports/index.html">the ports
               page</ulink> for info on software packages ported to FreeBSD.
 !             The list currently tops &os.numports; and is growing daily, so come back
               to check often or subscribe to the
               <literal>freebsd-announce</literal> <link
               linkend="mailing">mailing list</link> for periodic updates on
 
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State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: bmah 
State-Changed-When: Fri Nov 9 17:49:01 PST 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
Committed, thanks! 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31875 
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