Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 21:57:33 +0100 (MET) From: jhs@FreeBSD.ORG To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "John Brown" <jbrown@vafibre.com> Subject: bin/4954: src/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 Message-ID: <199711042057.VAA01401@wall.jhs.no_domain> Resent-Message-ID: <199711052230.OAA14381@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4954 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Extension of manual >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 5 14:30:00 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Julian Stacey jhs@freebsd.org >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: >Description: Extension of manual. I was reminded of writing this by a post to current from "John Brown" <jbrown@vafibre.com> >How-To-Repeat: - >Fix: Ive had the following patch in http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/\ src/gen/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1.diff since at least March 97 but not sent it in via send-pr till now, Sorry. ============ Extension of manual *** old/src/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1.~1~ Tue Jan 21 19:07:53 1997 --- old/src/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 Mon Mar 31 14:07:57 1997 *************** *** 400,409 **** .Sh DIAGNOSTICS A complaint about mismatch of rdist version numbers may really stem from some problem with starting your shell, e.g., you are in too many groups. .Sh BUGS Source files must reside on the local host where .Nm rdist ! is executed. .Pp There is no easy way to have a special command executed after all files in a directory have been updated. --- 400,436 ---- .Sh DIAGNOSTICS A complaint about mismatch of rdist version numbers may really stem from some problem with starting your shell, e.g., you are in too many groups. + .Pp + .Nm Rdist + relies on + .Nm rsh(1) + type remote services executing succesfully & in silence. + If you try something like + .Bd -literal -offset indent + rsh freefall.freebsd.org hostname + .Ed + .sp + & get extra output before the program ( + .Nm hostname(1) + ) output, such as + .Bd -literal -offset indent + Text_perhaps_initiated_from_~/.cshrc_or_similar + freefall.freebsd.org + .Ed + .sp + then the unexpected extra text will cause + .Nm rdist + to fail with the error message: + .Bd -literal -offset indent + rdist: connection failed: version numbers don't match + .Ed + .sp .Sh BUGS Source files must reside on the local host where .Nm rdist ! is executed ! (Note, a ~/public_html that is a symbolic link via NFS to another local host is not ! considered local by rdist, so rdist will not copy it to the remote rdist destination). .Pp There is no easy way to have a special command executed after all files in a directory have been updated. ============ Julian -- Julian H. Stacey Home <jhs@freebsd.org> http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Tel. +49 89 268616 >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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