Bug 260169

Summary:	emulators/qemu-guest-agent: pkg-message is probably out of sync with rc.d
Product:	Ports & Packages	Reporter:	Lapo Luchini <lapo>
Component:	Individual Port(s)	Assignee:	freebsd-ports-bugs (Nobody) <ports-bugs>
Status:	New ---
Severity:	Affects Some People	CC:	zhecka
Priority:	---	Flags:	bugzilla: maintainer-feedback? (zhecka)
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Lapo Luchini 2021-12-02 15:01:25 UTC

This is the package message:

# pkg install qemu-guest-agent
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Modify your `/etc/rc.conf` by adding these settings

qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"
qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log"

and run
# service qemu-guest-agent start

For detailed help use `qemu-ga -h`
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…to which my first reaction is: if that's the correct value to use, why saying it in the message instead of actually using it as a default in the rc.d?

Turns out the comment in the rc.d explains better: the default is fine with only "-d", you can add "-v -l …" if you want more logs; which makes sense to me, but in that case I'd suggest re-wording the pkg-message (or removing it altogether, how to enable and start a service is pretty common information IMHO, nothing specific to this package).