www/server/standards README.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       09/03/12 17:10:13

Modified files:
        server/standards: README.html 

Log message:
        web-symlinks location/name update

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.53&r2=1.54

Patches:
Index: README.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.html,v
retrieving revision 1.53
retrieving revision 1.54
diff -u -b -r1.53 -r1.54
--- README.html 14 Apr 2008 12:52:06 -0000      1.53
+++ README.html 12 Mar 2009 17:10:01 -0000      1.54
@@ -179,14 +179,15 @@
 
 <h4><a id="SEC01" href="README.html#TOC01">Symbolic Links</a></h4>
 
-<p>
-Since CVS is not able to handle symbolic links, a simple mechanism has
+<p>Since CVS is not able to handle symbolic links, a simple mechanism has
 been implemented on the machine hosting the www.gnu.org to allow
-webmasters to control the symbolic link from the CVS tree. 
-</p>
+webmasters to control symbolic links from the CVS tree.
+(Actual symbolic links are no longer created on <tt>www.gnu.org</tt>;
+mod_rewrite rules are used instead.  But we'll keep this discussion
+talking about symlinks since it is easier to understand that way.)</p>
 
 <p>
-By adding special files (".symlinks") into the CVS tree that are
+By adding special files (named ".symlinks") into the CVS tree that are
 interpreted as specifications to build symbolic links.  The
 "symlinks" script can be run immediately after a "cvs update"
 to fix the symbolic links according to the specifications
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-The ".symlinks" files obey to the following format.
+The ".symlinks" files obey the following format.
 </p>
 <p>
 Each line starting with a sharp sign ("#") is treated as a
@@ -256,11 +257,13 @@
 symbolic link to be created.
 </p>
 
-<p>
-The actual command used to implement this feature is symlinks(1) and
-the sources can be found in
-gnudist.gnu.org:/usr/local/src/symlinks-1.1.tar.gz.
-</p>
+<p>The actual command that used to implement this feature is
+web-symlinks, a Perl script, and <a
+href="http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/symlinks/?root=www";>it can
+be found in www's sources CVS</a>.  It is completely different
+from the <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/utils/file/";>symlinks
+utility</a> for verifying a system's symbolic links.</p>
+
 
 <h4><a id="SEC1" href="README.html#TOC1">Style guidelines</a></h4>
 
@@ -741,7 +744,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Copyright &copy; 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+Copyright &copy; 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 </p>
 <address>51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA</address>
@@ -754,7 +757,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/04/14 12:52:06 $
+$Date: 2009/03/12 17:10:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>