Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 16:40:53 -0800 (PST) From: "Ronald F.Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: rfg@tristatelogic.com Subject: docs/174270: gpart(8) man page doesn't describe output of "show" command Message-ID: <20121208004053.999BA5081B@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Resent-Message-ID: <201212080050.qB80o0ZO075462@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 174270 >Category: docs >Synopsis: gpart(8) man page doesn't describe output of "show" command >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 08 00:50:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ronald F. Guilmette >Release: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: entr0py >Environment: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE amd64 >Description: The man page for gpart(8) contains a small section describing options applicable to the "show" command. Unfortuantely, the man page utterly fails to document or describe the meaning and/or proper interpretation of any of the four columns of output that are generated by the "gpart show" command. This is a serious ommission. >How-To-Repeat: man gpart >Fix: Somebody needs to document what each of the four columns of "gpart show" output are actually telling the user. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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