Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 02:40:03 -0800 (PST) From: "Jakob Borg" <jakob@borg.pp.se> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34758: Irrelevant comment in killall(1) manpage Message-ID: <200202101040.g1AAe3t68369@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/34758; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jakob Borg" <jakob@borg.pp.se> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34758: Irrelevant comment in killall(1) manpage Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:33:00 +0100 On Sunday 10 February 2002 01.36, you wrote: > Jakob Borg wrote: > > The manpage for killall(1) says: > > > > Be warned that typing killall name may not have the > > desired effect on non-Linux systems, especially when done > > by a privileged user. > > > > which, while perhaps correct, is not relevant for a FreeBSD system. > > Also, the operating system kernel in use at a particular system should > > not influence the behavior of killall. > > Well the point the author is trying to make is that on Solaris (and > probably other systems) typing "killall" in a prompt is a surprise in > itself, because it REBOOTS the system !!! It does what the command says, yes, I know, been there, done that in my youth... My point was just that the Linuxness or non-Linuxness is not the point, since it's FreeBSD wer're talking about. -- Jakob Borg | jakob@borg.pp.se | +46 (0)46 397692 Kämnärsv. 3a214 / SE-226 46 Lund / Sweden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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