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Date:      Sat, 20 Mar 2021 09:42:46 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 254428] bectl(8) manual page update for bectl destroy, without and with option -o
Message-ID:  <bug-254428-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 254428
           Summary: bectl(8) manual page update for bectl destroy, without
                    and with option -o
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Manual Pages
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com
                CC: doc@FreeBSD.org

<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/sbin/bectl?id=3D8338f584dc6e4b8bc6257b=
cce210d068f8280e3c&h=3Dmain>
(2019-10-16):

> bectl(8): destroy: use BE_DESTROY_AUTOORIGIN if -o is not specified
>=20
> -o will force the origin to be destroyed unconditionally.
>=20
> BE_DESTROY_AUTOORIGIN, on the other hand, will only destroy the=20
> origin if it matches the format used by be_snapshot. This lets us=20
> clean up the snapshots that are clearly not user-managed (because=20
> we're creating them) while leaving user-created snapshots in place=20
> and warning that they're still around when the BE created goes away.

>From the manual page, for bectl destroy:=20

> =E2=80=A6 By default, bectl will warn that it is not destroying the origi=
n of beName. =E2=80=A6

Is this statement of default behaviour suitably descriptive of the changes =
that
were introduced in 2019?

Commentary under
<https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/upgrade-freebsd-with-zfs-boot-en=
vironments/#comment-18498>
may be indicative of misunderstanding, or partial understanding.=20

(Do beadm(1) and bectl(8) share the same format for be_snapshot? And so on.)

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