[Pkg-doc-linux-devel] Linux-FAQ and Debian bug#119942

[Frank Lichtenheld]

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Hi.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 03:35:56PM -0600, doug jensen wrote:
> Any comments?

Yes, of course ;)

Content-Description: Linux-FAQ.debian-fixes
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> Change:
>=20
> Debian GNU/Linux is being ported to Alpha, Sparc, PowerPC, and ARM platfo=
rms.
> There are mailing lists for all of them. See http://www.debian.org/
> MailingLists/subscribe
>=20
> To:
>=20
> Debian GNU/Linux has ports to Alpha, Sparc, Motorola 68k, PowerPC, ARM,
> IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, and IA-64.  Ports to SuperH and amd64 are
> being developed.  Also, Debian is being ported to other non Linux
> kernels including GNU/Hurd, GNU/NetBSD, and GNU/FreeBSD.  There are
> mailing lists for all of them.  See http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/
> for general information, then follow the "subscription" link, and find the
> mailing list you are interested in.
>=20
> [*Note for doc-linux team*]
>=20
>    The last SuperH updates I saw were in 2001.  The only mailing list act=
ivity
>    in 2003 has been spam.  As a side note GNU/win32 also looks dead.
>    SuperH was put in, the paragraph above, because it is on the Debian
>    "ports" web page, should SuperH be included in the paragraph?

As long noone says that the SuperH-Port is officially dead I would
include it. I'm not quite sure however if the reference to the non-Linux
ports is really needed in a Linux-FAQ...

[I agree with all changes I snip]

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> Change:
>        Connect using anonymous FTP to ftp.debian.org and cd to the pub/de=
bian/
>     dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ subdirectory.
> To:
>        Connect using http://ftp.debian.org/ and cd to the
>     dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ subdirectory.  Anonymous
>     FTP is available from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian if you prefer.
>=20

"cd'ing" in relation with http sounds weird in my ears. Simply write
the full URL.

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> Q: What Is a .gz File? And a .tgz? And .bz2? And... ?
>=20
> .deb is a Debian Binary Package - the binary package format used by the
> Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It is manipulated using dpkg and dpkg-deb
> (available on Debian systems and from ftp://ftp.debian.org/).
>                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Change:
>   ftp://ftp.debian.org/=20
> To:
>   http://ftp.debian.org/ or ftp://ftp.debian.org

I don't understand the "or ..." part. Is this a change?=20

Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
www: http://www.djpig.de/

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