Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:27:42 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/date date.1 Message-ID: <20020416121942.L6537-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20020415190546.71b686c7.darklogik@pittgoth.com>
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:47:53 +1000 (EST) > Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > > > trhodes 2002/04/15 11:17:18 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > bin/date date.1 > > > Log: > > > This is a forced commit, the last commit email was never sent. > > > Nit pick about the date(1) manual page, describe which clock is > > > set. > > > > > > PR: 35606 > > > > > > Revision Changes Path > > > 1.56 +0 -0 src/bin/date/date.1 > > > > date.1 now gives too much detail. It says that the CMOS clock is > > updated, but there might not be any CMOS or a clock in it. What > > actually happens is that ther kernel calls a MD function settodr() > > which normally sets a machine dependent clock. > > Ok, you explained that to me, and I want your opinion before I do > anything else. Would it be ok if CMOS clock is replaced with system or > machine dependent clock? Sheldon suggesed s/CMOS/hardware/. I like that. Maybe add a caveat like "if any". It is easy to imagine systems that don't have any clock harware and always get their time from the network. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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