Bug 103347

Summary: Incorrect file summary in devfs(8)
Product: Documentation Reporter: Evan Clarke <evan>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Daniel Gerzo <danger>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Evan Clarke 2006-09-18 09:30:19 UTC 
The "Files" section of the devfs(8) man page states that
/etc/defaults/devfs.rules
/etc/devfs.rules
are both the files that devfs uses.  

Should /etc/devfs.rules be /etc/devfs.conf?  devfs.rules does not exist on system and /etc/rc.d/devfs references /etc/devfs.conf
Comment 1 Daniel Gerzo freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-09-18 12:48:14 UTC 
Hello Evan,

Monday, September 18, 2006, 10:23:58 AM, you wrote:

>>Description:
> The "Files" section of the devfs(8) man page states that
> /etc/defaults/devfs.rules
> /etc/devfs.rules
> are both the files that devfs uses.  

> Should /etc/devfs.rules be /etc/devfs.conf?  devfs.rules does not
> exist on system and /etc/rc.d/devfs references /etc/devfs.conf

The /etc/devfs.rules doesn't have to exist on your system unless you
want to override the default values set in /etc/defaults/devfs.rules.
This is the same way the rc.conf work. Note, that the devfs.rules and
devfs.conf are different files with completely different purposes. We
certainly need to clarify this in the devfs(8) manual page (as a start
it should be good to xref devfs.rules(5) and devfs.conf(5) manual
pages in SEE ALSO at least). I will try to look at this further later.

-- 
Best regards,
 Daniel                            mailto:danger@FreeBSD.org
Comment 2 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-11-05 19:37:40 UTC 
danger      2006-11-05 19:37:27 UTC

  FreeBSD src repository (doc committer)

  Modified files:
    sbin/devfs           devfs.8 
  Log:
  - add some files to FILES section and provide their description
  - reference devfs.conf and devfs.rules in SEE ALSO section
  
  Approved by: keramida (mentor), trhodes (mentor)
  PR: docs/103347
  MFC-after: 3 days
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.16      +16 -0     src/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
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Comment 3 Daniel Gerzo freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-11-05 19:42:11 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->patched

Fixed in -HEAD, thanks for your submission!
Comment 4 Daniel Gerzo freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-11-05 19:42:47 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->danger

MFC reminder.
Comment 5 Daniel Gerzo freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2007-01-01 11:14:03 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: patched->closed

MFCed to RELENG_6. 
Thanks for your report!