From b31c959ff3761c27dc0cfed925c04cdd4cfd195f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:24:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note on setting DOC_PREFIX when building release notes. --- release/doc/README | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/doc/README b/release/doc/README index 6938523d4dff..cd7ed8b3507b 100644 --- a/release/doc/README +++ b/release/doc/README @@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ share/sgml/release.ent */readme/ Directory for (introductory) document. +If building the release notes "standalone" (in other words, not part +of a release), it may be necessary (depending on the relative +locations of the checked-out src/ and doc/ directories) to set the +DOC_PREFIX Makefile variable to point to the top directory of the doc/ +tree. For example: + + % make DOC_PREFIX=/usr/doc all + All definition of the "current" version of FreeBSD is contained in the share/sgml/release.ent file; release engineers should peruse the contents of this file carefully when doing version number bumps.