From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 20 14:55:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01D616A421 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:55:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from mv.twc.weather.com (mv.twc.weather.com [65.212.71.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 686D243D66 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:55:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.50.41.234] (Not Verified[10.50.41.234]) by mv.twc.weather.com with NetIQ MailMarshal (v6, 0, 3, 8) id ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:12:26 -0400 From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Marian Cerny Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:57:06 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200510200730.j9K7UF91062841@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200510200730.j9K7UF91062841@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200510201057.07107.jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Subject: Re: docs/87698: No manual entry for rc.conf.local X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:55:53 -0000 On Thursday 20 October 2005 03:30 am, Marian Cerny wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/87698; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Marian Cerny > To: Brooks Davis > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: docs/87698: No manual entry for rc.conf.local > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:23:16 +0200 > > Sorry, I probably don't understand links to manual pages. It's just > strange to me, that there is no manual page for rc.conf.local, although > rc(8) is describing it -- it is in the SYNOPSIS of rc(8) manual page. > But if it is ok, this bug can be closed. > > I don't think the description of rc.conf.local in rc.conf(5) is better > than in rc(8): > > The file /etc/rc.conf.local is used to override settings in > /etc/rc.conf for historical reasons. See the rc_conf_files variable below. It's a file that has the same format as /etc/rc.conf, so rc.conf(5) should handle both just fine. As long as rc(8) mentions that rc.conf.local exists to override settings in rc.conf I think things are fine the way they are without the need for any additional links. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org