Date: 09 Jan 1999 20:29:36 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl descriptions Message-ID: <xzplnjc9rdr.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Poul-Henning Kamp's message of "Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:13:58 %2B0100" References: <17480.915909238@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> writes: > Many sysctl descriptions would need to be several kbyte worth of > ascii to come even close to a decent description. <imho> That's abuse of the sysctl system. The descriptions should be short and mnemonic; if more detailed information is needed, refer the user to a man page. </imho> DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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