Bug 87698
| Summary: | Missing manual entry for rc.conf.local | ||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Marian Cerny <jojo> | ||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | jcamou | ||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||
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I don't get this PR. rc(8) says of rc.conf.local:
The rc.conf file contains the global system configuration information
referenced by the startup scripts, while rc.conf.local contains the local
system configuration. See rc.conf(5) for more information.
I suppose we could add a link for rc.conf.local in rc.conf(5), but it
seems pretty pointless. I'd be more inclinded to delete refrences to
rc.conf.local myself.
-- Brooks
Sorry, I probably don't understand links to manual pages. It's just
strange to me, that there is no manual page for rc.conf.local, although
rc(8) is describing it -- it is in the SYNOPSIS of rc(8) manual page.
But if it is ok, this bug can be closed.
I don't think the description of rc.conf.local in rc.conf(5) is better
than in rc(8):
The file /etc/rc.conf.local is used to override settings in /etc/rc.conf
for historical reasons. See the rc_conf_files variable below.
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Marian Cerny
Hello Brooks, I have been talking about this a bit in IRC and the discussion was finished with that, that the rc.conf(5) and rc.conf.local(5) man pages should be linked, since they use the same format. Since the rc.conf.local is mentioned in rc(8) SYNOPSIS and it's still being read so that one can still use it, it shouldn't be removed from there. The diff is attached. -- Cheers, Daniel Gerzo State Changed From-To: open->patched A link to the rc.conf(5) man page has been added in HEAD. I'm setting the state to patched as a MFC reminder. Thanks for reporting this. Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->jcamou Set me also as responsible. State Changed From-To: patched->closed MFC'ed, close pr. |
There is no manual page for rc.conf.local: $ man rc.conf.local No manual entry for rc.conf.local although the rc(8) manual page describes it. Fix: Add a link for manual page for rc.conf.local to rc(8) How-To-Repeat: $ man rc.conf.local