From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 9 03:50:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C2D16A4CF for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 03:50:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C612B43D41 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 03:50:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i693oLEG033462 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 03:50:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i693oLNx033461; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 03:50:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 03:50:21 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200407090350.i693oLNx033461@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Chris Pepper Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1EE616A4CE; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 03:46:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from guest.reppep.com (guest.reppep.com [66.92.104.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A2F43D41; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 03:46:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: by guest.reppep.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 817FC5C2A; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 23:46:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20040709034630.817FC5C2A@guest.reppep.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 23:46:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Pepper To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 cc: dougb@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/68843: Dates on rc.subr(8) & rc(8) are whack. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris Pepper List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 03:50:22 -0000 >Number: 68843 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Dates on rc.subr(8) & rc(8) are whack. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 09 03:50:21 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris Pepper >Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD guest.reppep.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #1: Thu Jun 17 23:50:42 EDT 2004 root@guest.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REPPEP5 i386 >Description: The manual pages for rc & rc.subr have very strange dates. >How-To-Repeat: Look at the last line of the rc & rc.subr manual pages on a variety of recent systems, including the web site: pepper@www:~$ uname -a FreeBSD www.reppep.com 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #15: Sun May 30 22:18:46 EDT 2004 root@www.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REPPEP i386 pepper@www:~$ man rc.subr|tail -1 FreeBSD 4.10 January 6, 2004 FreeBSD 4.10 pepper@www:~$ man rc|tail -1 FreeBSD 4.10 December 11, 1993 FreeBSD 4.10 pepper@guest:~$ uname -a FreeBSD guest.reppep.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #1: Thu Jun 17 23:50:42 EDT 2004 root@guest.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REPPEP5 i386 pepper@guest:~$ man rc.subr|tail -1 FreeBSD 5.2.1 April 18, 2002 FreeBSD 5.2.1 pepper@guest:~$ man rc|tail -1 FreeBSD 5.2.1 November 4, 2002 FreeBSD 5.2.1 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.subr&sektion=8 says: FreeBSD 4.10 April 18, 2002 FreeBSD 4.10 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8 says: FreeBSD 4.10 November 4, 2002 FreeBSD 4.10 And the hypertext man pages can't find rc.subr(8) in FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE or FreeBSD 4.10-stable, which is illogical since the manual page with no version specification claims to be from 4.10: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.subr&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-RELEASE&format=html http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.subr&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-stable&format=html >Fix: Reconcile the date lines (or entities?) used for manual page versions. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: