Bug 193519

Summary:	sysrc not mentioned in rc.conf(5)
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Carlo Strub <cs>
Component:	Manual Pages	Assignee:	Allan Jude <allanjude>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me	CC:	allanjude, doc, dteske, pfcovello
Priority:	---
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Carlo Strub freebsd_committer

2014-09-10 13:14:09 UTC

While sysrc(8) mentions rc.conf(5) in its man page, this is is not true vice versa. I think it would be helpful to mention sysrc in the rc.conf man pages to induce people to use it.

Comment 1 Allan Jude freebsd_committer

2014-09-10 14:43:21 UTC

Agreed

Comment 2 Paul Frank Covello 2015-12-12 11:39:40 UTC

I would like to chime in since this ticket has been around a while...

I too have problems remembering the sysrc utility (short term memory is always the first to go).  Being able to search the relevant rc man pages would give me the answer if it was mentioned in the "see also" section.

So I want to give a +1 vote for this as well.  Bonus if this could be mentioned in the handbook as well!

Thank you!

Comment 3 Devin Teske freebsd_committer

2018-06-17 06:14:53 UTC

Committed to head in Oct 2017 (SVN r324721). See also SVN r324823.
Merged to stable/11 in the same month. See SVN r325052.
Merged to stable/10 at the same time. See SVN r325053.