Bug 26431

dpelleg+bsd@cs.cmu.edu writes:
> 
> >Number:         26431
> >Category:       docs
> >Synopsis:       init(8) manpage incoherent
>
> >Description:
> The DIAGNOSTICS section includes the line:
> getty repeating too quickly on port %s, sleeping  A process being started
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> man init
> >Fix:
> Reword.

Could you elaborate?  It seems perfectly coherent to me.

> >Release-Note:
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
> 
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Dan Pelleg <dpelleg+@cs.cmu.edu> writes:
>   getty repeating too quickly on port %s, sleeping  A process being started
> 
>  my brain threw a parsing exception. Where does the error message end, and
> where does the explanation start? Should I guess that from the fact that
> the "A" is capitalized and follows two spaces instead of just one? Yes, I

Okay, now I understand your concern.  Your original complaint of "it's
incoherent" wasn't of much help, you must understand.  Actually, the
reason I probably didn't notice this is because, on my screen, the
"getty repeating ... sleeping" part is in bold, so it was obvious
where the error message ended.  I can, however, understand that not
everyone reads man pages on terminals capable of such markup.

Per your suggestion, I just committed a change to -current which puts
newlines after both error messages and indents the paragraphs
following them.  I'll MFC it after the code freeze.

Thanks for the report,

					Dima Dorfman
					dima@unixfreak.org

Comment 3 dd 2001-04-10 02:04:34 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->suspended

Fix as suggested by the originator committed to -current.  I'll MFC it 
after the code freeze. 

Comment 4 dd 2001-04-10 02:04:34 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->dd

I'll MFC it.

Comment 5 dd 2001-04-26 03:18:23 UTC

State Changed
From-To: suspended->closed

MFC'd.