Bug 164803 - Unclear manual page for mount_unionfs(8)
Summary: Unclear manual page for mount_unionfs(8)
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Manual Pages (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2012-02-05 18:10 UTC by Radio Młodych Bandytów
Modified: 2021-04-11 11:19 UTC (History)
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Description Radio Młodych Bandytów 2012-02-05 18:10:06 UTC 
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mount_unionfs&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.0-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html

"The traditional mode uses the same way as the old unionfs for backward compatibility"
This text appears before any other mention about the way unionfs works. I think that majority of people reading this would like to know *what* does the option do first and historic reason later, if at all.
Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2012-02-06 01:28:12 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-doc

reclasssify
Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-12-31 07:59:06 UTC 
For bugs matching the following criteria:

Status: In Progress Changed: (is less than) 2014-06-01

Reset to default assignee and clear in-progress tags.

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Comment 3 Gordon Bergling freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-04-11 11:19:00 UTC 
In recent version of FreeBSD the manual page has been rewritten.