Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:22:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net> To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn) Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Revising the rc.conf-related manpages Message-ID: <199906241722.MAA16768@mpp.pro-ns.net> In-Reply-To: <67678.930239403@axl.noc.iafrica.com> from Sheldon Hearn at "Jun 24, 1999 05:50:03 pm"
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> > Hi folks, > > It doesn't look like our manual pages have been updated to reflect the > use of /etc/defaults/rc.conf . I'm willing to work on it and want some > guidance (or a quick message letting me know that someone else is taking > care of this). > > So far, I've got a small diff for rc.conf(5) and wanted to know whether > it's acceptable, if not what's wrong and what else would need to be > updated to complete the revision. > > Please ensure that feedback comes to my address, as I don't subscribe to > the list. > > Thanks, > Sheldon. > > Index: rc.conf.5 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5,v > retrieving revision 1.30 > diff -u -d -r1.30 rc.conf.5 > --- rc.conf.5 1999/03/29 17:22:47 1.30 > +++ rc.conf.5 1999/06/24 15:49:41 > @@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ > .Sh NAME > .Nm rc.conf > .Nd system configuration information. > -.Pp > -.Nm rc.conf.local > -.Nd localized system configuration information. >.... I don't really like it that rc.conf.local is being taken out of the NAME section. This makes it so 'whatis' rc.conf.local won't direct the user to this man page, and then they have to go grubbing through /etc trying to figure out what that file is for, instead of being pointed to this man page. -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.ORG or mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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