Correct the send-pr text to make a little more sense.

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Jordan K. Hubbard 1997-01-03 07:43:03 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: submitters.sgml,v 1.37 1997/01/02 18:21:48 max Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: submitters.sgml,v 1.38 1997/01/02 18:24:42 mpp Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<chapt><heading>Contributing to FreeBSD<label id="submitters"></heading>
@ -247,14 +247,23 @@ the following 6 categories:
See <ref id="eresources:mail" name="mailing lists">
for more information about this and other mailing lists.
<item>An actual bug report should be filed by using the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html" name="send-pr(1)">
program. This will prompt you for various fields to fill in.
Simply go to the fields surrounded by <tt>&lt;&gt;</tt>'s and fill
in your own information in place of what is suggested there.
You should receive confirmation of your bug report and a tracking
number. Keep this tracking number and use it in any subsequent
correspondence.
<item>An actual bug report should be filed by using the send-pr(1)
program or its <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html"
name="WEB based equivalent">. This will prompt you for various
fields to fill in. In the send-pr(1) case, simply go to the
fields surrounded by <tt>&lt;&gt;</tt>'s and fill in your own
information in place of what is suggested there. With the
WEB based interface, you simply select the appropriate items from
various option menus and fill in the various fields shown there.
<p>You should receive confirmation of your bug report along with
a tracking number. Please keep this tracking number and refer to
it in any subsequent correspondence so that people can find the
details of your problem quickly. You may also send mail to
<htmlurl url="mailto:bug-followup@freebsd.org"
name="bug-followup@freebsd.org"> with your PR# in the subject
line to append further information to an existing bug report.
If you do not receive confirmation in a timely fashion (3 days to
a week, depending on your email connection) or are, for some
reason, unable to use the <tt>send-pr(1)</tt> command,