Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:44:10 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Some info on the kgmon(8) manual page (regarding current) needed Message-ID: <20020328004410.9310.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020327191733.1932e-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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--- Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > I've committed a tweak to the man page, but think that the page may > actually be wrong in a more general sense: kgmon appears to use > getbootfile() so will actually use whatever path the sytem booted with. > While by default that will be /boot/kernel/kernel, it may be something > else, in which case kgmon tries to DTRT. Unless changed with the -N flag it provides. : --- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: : There might be utilities left that use /kernel, instead of the currently : used /boot/kernel/kernel, to find the kernel. This means that before the : manpage is changed, the appropriate source files need to be checked, to : make sure that the manpage reflects what really happens in the programs : themselves. We don't want to blindly substitute /boot/kernel/kernel for : all the instances of /kernel, and make the manpages inconsistent with the : source, right? According to me, the utility shouldn't be using a hardcoded path to the booting kernel, as this would affect kernels which were made by: makeoptions KERNEL=foo #Build kernel "foo" and install "/foo" What are your suggestions? In any case, I will take the precautions which Giorgos has put in place, and will produce the patches accordingly. :) Thanks, -- Hiten Pandya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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