From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Oct 18 10:30:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA26574 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA26568; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:30:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710181730.KAA26568@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Subject: Re: docs/4785: manual page for dump incorrect Reply-To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR docs/4785; it has been noted by GNATS. From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/4785: manual page for dump incorrect Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 19:19:23 +0200 As Garrett Wollman wrote: > If true, this is totally broken with respect to the way dump has > historically worked. The mechanism described by Dillon is the way > dump is supposed to work, and if either the program or the > documentation disagrees, it should be fixed. After careful re-checking, it seems you are right on this. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)