Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:49:22 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/19314: rc(8) manpage has out of date description of rc.local Message-ID: <E132hVq-0004Hi-00@magnesium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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>Number: 19314
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: rc(8) manpage has out of date description of rc.local
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 15 15:50:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ben Smithurst
>Release: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The rc(8) manual page states:
Rc.local is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the
rc file is completed. Presently, all rc.local does is to put version in-
formation in /etc/motd.
The second sentence is not true, rc.local does not even exist in a
default installation. This needs fixing in RELENG_4 as well as HEAD.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
cvs diff: Diffing .
Index: rc.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/share/man/man8/rc.8,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -r1.9 rc.8
--- rc.8 2000/03/03 14:05:02 1.9
+++ rc.8 2000/06/15 21:48:04
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@
is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the
.Nm rc
file is completed.
-Presently, all
+In a default installation
.Nm rc.local
-does is to put version information in
-.Pa /etc/motd .
+does not exist, but its contents will be executed if the file is created
+by the administrator.
.Pp
Following tradition, the startup files reside in
.Pa /etc .
cvs diff: Diffing man8.alpha
cvs diff: Diffing man8.i386
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