Date: 10 Feb 2002 18:33:29 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: "Jakob Borg" <jakob@borg.pp.se> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: docs/34758: Irrelevant comment in killall(1) manpage Message-ID: <xkwuxkvjba.uxk@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200202100040.g1A0e3S38294@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200202100040.g1A0e3S38294@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 02:36:20 +0200 (EET) > > Jakob Borg wrote: > > > The manpage for killall(1) says: > > > > Be warned that typing killall name may not have the > > desired effect on non-Linux systems, especially when done > > by a privileged user. > > > > which, while perhaps correct, is not relevant for a FreeBSD system. Also, > > the operating system kernel in use at a particular system should not influence > > the behavior of killall. > > Well the point the author is trying to make is that on Solaris (and > probably other systems) typing "killall" in a prompt is a surprise in > itself, because it REBOOTS the system !!! 1) The PR says it's on "FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386", but http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=killall&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.5-STABLE&format=html doesn't have the text quoted. (I was wanting to look at a different display format.) Is there a problem with with the CGI thing or with the PR or me? 2) I thought that the warning was about "typing killall <program name>", not "killall", but I guess I could read it as "typing the 'killall' name", like Giorgos apparently did. 3) It seems that the quoted manpage implies that the program might not work correctly on FreeBSD. I think this is one time when I'd agree with the man page minimalists, and say the quote shouldn't be in the man page, not even after rewording it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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