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Date:      Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:12:46 +0000
From:      Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: service -e doesn't really sort does it? the cool tip is slightly off
Message-ID:  <57364ba6-b680-c8cb-4303-63dbcdd8a187@blastwave.org>
In-Reply-To: <d18f64fe-e324-0873-a9ae-3fddf9b26053@gmail.com>
References:  <f4470fdd-6c20-09de-de76-290e7f7dcce2@blastwave.org> <d18f64fe-e324-0873-a9ae-3fddf9b26053@gmail.com>

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On 1/17/21 1:46 PM, Graham Perrin wrote:
> On 16/01/2021 23:28, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> 
>> … maybe take out the word "sorted". Either that or
>> insert the "started order" as the manpage claims  :
>>
>> root@rhea:/usr/src/freebsd-src # diff -u
>> usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips.orig
>> usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
>> --- usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips.orig  2021-01-15
>> 00:37:37.863506000 +0000
>> +++ usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips       2021-01-16
>> 07:46:57.335803000 +0000
>> @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
>>
>>                  -- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
>>   %
>> -If you want to get a sorted list of all services that are started when
>> FreeBSD boots,
>> +If you want to get a list of all services that are started when FreeBSD
>> boots,
>>   enter "service -e".
>>
>>                  -- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
>> root@rhea:/usr/src/freebsd-src #
>>
>> Sorry for being all OCD here. Perhaps it should say sorted in the order
>> in which they were started. Something like that.
>>
> 
> In lieu of 'sorted', how about 'dependency-ordered'?
> 

Anything that makes obvious sense would be nice. When I say "obvious"
here I mean "really obvious to a new user that just installed FreeBSD
yesterday" and not "obvious to a twenty year expert."

Dennis





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