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authorjake%bugzilla.org <>2008-04-04 13:48:07 +0200
committerjake%bugzilla.org <>2008-04-04 13:48:07 +0200
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Explain 'zarro boogs found' better provide links to key parts of the MySQL documentation.
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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml b/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml
index 79fb2baeb..d979505ca 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<glossdiv>
<title>0-9, high ascii</title>
- <glossentry id="gloss-htaccess">
+ <glossentry>
<glossterm>.htaccess</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-cpan">
- <glossterm>Comprehensive Perl Archive Network</glossterm>
- <acronym>CPAN</acronym>
+ <glossterm>
+ <acronym>CPAN</acronym>
+ </glossterm>
- <!-- TODO: Rewrite def for CPAN -->
<glossdef>
<para>
<acronym>CPAN</acronym>
@@ -170,32 +170,12 @@
particular task.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-
- <glossentry id="gloss-contrib">
- <glossterm><filename class="directory">contrib</filename></glossterm>
-
- <glossdef>
- <para>The <filename class="directory">contrib</filename> directory is
- a location to put scripts that have been contributed to Bugzilla but
- are not a part of the official distribution. These scripts are written
- by third parties and may be in languages other than perl. For those
- that are in perl, there may be additional modules or other requirements
- than those of the offical distribution.
- <note>
- <para>Scripts in the <filename class="directory">contrib</filename>
- directory are not offically supported by the Bugzilla team and may
- break in between versions.
- </para>
- </note>
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv id="gloss-d">
<title>D</title>
- <glossentry id="gloss-daemon">
+ <glossentry>
<glossterm>daemon</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -208,23 +188,6 @@
a web server, are generally run as daemons.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-
- <glossentry id="gloss-dos">
- <glossterm>DOS Attack</glossterm>
-
- <glossdef>
- <para>A DOS, or Denial of Service attack, is when a user attempts to
- deny access to a web server by repeatadly accessing a page or sending
- malformed requests to a webserver. This can be effectively prevented
- by using <filename>mod_throttle</filename> as described in
- <xref linkend="security-webserver-mod-throttle"/>. A D-DOS, or
- Distributed Denial of Service attack, is when these requests come
- from multiple sources at the same time. Unfortunately, these are much
- more difficult to defend against.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv id="gloss-g">
@@ -269,11 +232,10 @@
<glossdef>
<para>A Message Transport Agent is used to control the flow of email
- on a system. The <ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/Mail/Mailer.pm">Mail::Mailer</ulink>
- Perl module, which Bugzilla uses to send email, can be configured to
- use many different underlying implementations for actually sending the
- mail using the <option>mail_delivery_method</option> parameter.
- Implementations other than <literal>sendmail</literal> require that the
+ on a system. Many unix based systems use
+ <ulink url="http://www.sendmail.org">sendmail</ulink> which is what
+ Bugzilla expects to find by default at <filename>/usr/sbin/sendmail</filename>.
+ Many other MTA's will work, but they all require that the
<option>sendmailnow</option> param be set to <literal>on</literal>.
</para>
</glossdef>
@@ -321,16 +283,6 @@
<glossdiv id="gloss-p">
<title>P</title>
- <glossentry id="gloss-ppm">
- <glossterm>Perl Package Manager</glossterm>
- <acronym>PPM</acronym>
-
- <glossdef>
- <para><ulink url="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/"/>
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
<glossentry>
<glossterm id="gloss-product">Product</glossterm>
@@ -395,35 +347,11 @@
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-
- <glossentry id="gloss-regexp">
- <glossterm>Regular Expression</glossterm>
- <acronym>regexp</acronym>
-
- <glossdef>
- <para>A regular expression is an expression used for pattern matching.
- <ulink url="http://perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlre.html#Regular-Expressions">Documentation</ulink>
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv id="gloss-s">
<title>S</title>
- <glossentry id="gloss-service">
- <glossterm>Service</glossterm>
-
- <glossdef>
- <para>In Windows NT environment, a boot-time background application
- is refered to as a service. These are generally managed through the
- control pannel while logged in as an account with
- <quote>Administrator</quote> level capabilities. For more
- information, consult your Windows manual or the MSKB.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
<glossentry>
<glossterm>
<acronym>SGML</acronym>
@@ -546,8 +474,9 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
-->
+