Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:20:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/54009: Clarify the location of the splash image in the splash man page Message-ID: <200307031620.h63GKLmZ066072@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/54009; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, trhodes@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/54009: Clarify the location of the splash image in the splash man page Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:19:00 -0700 --Apple-Mail-2--514954433 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Don't screw with the module path. Either fix the documentation to reflect reality, or change the code to search for the splash elsewhere. = Mike On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 9:16 AM, Siegbert Baude wrote: > Tom, but you have an absolute path to the image in your loader.conf, > right? > > I checked the docu now once again, and every piece of it including the > splash > mini-FAQ says, the splash image should go into /boot. I found the > solution in > /boot/defaults/loader.conf, where it is said that the image must be > located > somewhere in the module_path. The default for this however is > "/boot/kernel;/boot/modules/" so a splash image in /boot isn't found. > > I think there are two solutions: > > 1) Add /boot to the module_path in /boot/defaults/loader.conf like > "/boot/kernel;/boot/modules/;/boot" > > 2) Remove all examples of images in the documentation, which use > relative > paths and substitute the absolute paths. > > Mike, do you think there might be some problems with solution #1? It > would be > easier to correct, but maybe #2 is the cleaner way. I would create the > diffs > for the man pages and conf-files, so you only had to commit them. > > Ciao > Siegbert > > > -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? --Apple-Mail-2--514954433 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Don't screw with the module path. Either fix the documentation to reflect reality, or change the code to search for the splash elsewhere. = Mike On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 9:16 AM, Siegbert Baude wrote: <excerpt>Tom, but you have an absolute path to the image in your loader.conf, right? I checked the docu now once again, and every piece of it including the splash mini-FAQ says, the splash image should go into /boot. I found the solution in /boot/defaults/loader.conf, where it is said that the image must be located somewhere in the module_path. The default for this however is "/boot/kernel;/boot/modules/" so a splash image in /boot isn't found. I think there are two solutions: 1) Add /boot to the module_path in /boot/defaults/loader.conf like "/boot/kernel;/boot/modules/;/boot" 2) Remove all examples of images in the documentation, which use relative paths and substitute the absolute paths. Mike, do you think there might be some problems with solution #1? It would be easier to correct, but maybe #2 is the cleaner way. I would create the diffs for the man pages and conf-files, so you only had to commit them. Ciao Siegbert </excerpt><italic><fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>-- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?</fontfamily></italic> --Apple-Mail-2--514954433--
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