Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:36:56 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl descriptions Message-ID: <17580.915910616@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "09 Jan 1999 20:29:36 %2B0100." <xzplnjc9rdr.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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In message <xzplnjc9rdr.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: >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> And the stuff you're hacking on here was intended to be the sources for the man pages. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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