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Bruce A. Mah d97e531329 Reorganization of FreeBSD README document. This change adds no new
content or whitespace changes; it just moves sections around for
better organization; the content of this file used to be fairly
fragmented because it originally was derived from parts of several other
documents.

The first half of "About FreeBSD" has been pulled into the Introduction
section.  The remainder of "About FreeBSD" plus the "Release Documentation"
section now make up a new <sect1></sect1> level section entitled
"Further Reading".
2001-08-09 04:27:11 +00:00
bin can not -> cannot 2001-08-08 18:32:06 +00:00
contrib mdoc(7) police: 2001-08-07 15:48:51 +00:00
crypto output_data(), output_datalen() and netflush() didn't actually guarantee 2001-07-23 21:52:26 +00:00
etc Now properly use logger's facility argument 2001-08-06 15:52:42 +00:00
games mdoc(7) police: 2001-08-07 15:48:51 +00:00
gnu Handle keys consistently. 2001-08-09 01:14:09 +00:00
include Rename the GLOB_MAXPATH flag of glob(3) to GLOB_LIMIT to be compatible 2001-07-29 00:52:37 +00:00
kerberos5 Revamp and diff-reduce the various secure telnets. Make sure that 2001-08-03 16:03:26 +00:00
kerberosIV Revamp and diff-reduce the various secure telnets. Make sure that 2001-08-03 16:03:26 +00:00
lib typo: patched->matched 2001-08-09 00:34:57 +00:00
libexec mdoc(7) police: 2001-08-07 15:48:51 +00:00
release Reorganization of FreeBSD README document. This change adds no new 2001-08-09 04:27:11 +00:00
sbin fixing a bug in test mode (growfs -N) 2001-08-08 21:45:42 +00:00
secure Link to libcipher in the usual way. `bdes' depended on a nonexistent 2001-08-03 22:28:25 +00:00
share Clarify the BUGS section. 2001-08-08 21:00:54 +00:00
sys The author isn't a [UC] Regents. Correct the copyright language. 2001-08-09 02:32:05 +00:00
tools ISO_ -> ISO 2001-06-11 01:29:40 +00:00
usr.bin Replace the condemned access(2) by stat(2), 2001-08-08 21:22:48 +00:00
usr.sbin Make menu text match menu button labels. 2001-08-08 22:49:27 +00:00
COPYRIGHT Update to add the July 22, 1999 addendum. 1999-09-05 21:33:47 +00:00
Makefile Make it possible to build manpages for the entire source tree. 2001-03-27 08:43:28 +00:00
Makefile.inc1 Add some features to libdevstat, and overhaul the interface a bit: 2001-08-04 18:25:48 +00:00
Makefile.upgrade
README Slightly improve the description of "crypto". "DES" is a subset of 2000-08-31 17:59:01 +00:00
UPDATING Add, belated, entry for ed driver needing mii 2001-07-25 22:53:11 +00:00

This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory.  This file
was last revised on:
$FreeBSD$

For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this
directory (additional copyright information also exists for some
sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for
more information).

The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for
building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree, the most
commonly used one being ``world'', which rebuilds and installs
everything in the FreeBSD system from the source tree except the
kernel, the kernel-modules and the contents of /etc.  The
``buildkernel'' and ``installkernel'' targets build and install
the kernel and the modules (see below).  Please see the top of
the Makefile in this directory for more information on the
standard build targets and compile-time flags.

Building a kernel is a somewhat more involved process, documentation
for which can be found at:
   http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html
And in the config(8) man page.
Note: If you want to build and install the kernel with the
``buildkernel'' and ``installkernel'' targets, you have to build
world before.  More information is available in the handbook.

The sample kernel configuration files reside in the sys/i386/conf
sub-directory (assuming that you've installed the kernel sources), the
file named GENERIC being the one used to build your initial installation
kernel.  The file NOTES contains entries and documentation for all possible
devices, not just those commonly used.  It is the successor of the ancient
LINT file, but in contrast to LINT, it is not buildable as a kernel but a
pure reference and documentation file.


Source Roadmap:
---------------
bin		System/User commands.

contrib		Packages contributed by 3rd parties.

crypto		Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README).

etc		Template files for /etc

games		Amusements.

gnu		Various commands and libraries under the GNU Public License.
		Please see gnu/COPYING* for more information.

include		System include files.

kerberosIV	Kerberos package.

lib		System libraries.

libexec		System daemons.

release		Release building Makefile & associated tools.

sbin		System commands.

secure		Cryptographic libraries and commands.

share		Shared resources.

sys		Kernel sources.

tools		Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks.

usr.bin		User commands.

usr.sbin	System administration commands.


For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of
the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see:

  http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/synching.html