So... I was looking for information regarding ffs and trim --- specifically, I had just dd'd a disk onto a mirror and wondered if ffs had a method like zfs trim. Anyways... manpages like newfs, mount, makefs ... etc. Someone needs to make a list. They didn't list ffs(7) as a SEE ALSO. And "man ffs" grabs ffs(3) ... some library fucntions regarding bits. So... I humbly submit that the fact that ffs(7) is missing in many SEE ALSO sections is a bug.
Created attachment 255418 [details] Diff against -CURRENT. I have a couple of ways to make this argument. One is that the things referenced by ffs(7) itself should reference back. Another is that we have specific commands for fsck_ffs (which does reference) but not for mount, newfs or tunefs (don't reference). Anyways, this is my ask: adding ffs(7) as a see-also for ffsinfo(!?!), mount, and newfs.
In -CURRENT, ffs(7) and other filesystem pages have been moved to section four: ffs(4).
Seems like this should apply against 14 and 13 and a slight change should be made for -Current?
I'll see that I can get this committed. What name and email address would you like to be used for the commit? Just dave <dave@daveg.ca> or do you want your full name? If yes, please specify.
Hrm. Just merged accounts. I corrected the name field.
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3a212cc66ad1b5d6c1dc97eb07143e919a123491 commit 3a212cc66ad1b5d6c1dc97eb07143e919a123491 Author: David Gilbert <dave@daveg.ca> AuthorDate: 2024-11-25 21:57:20 +0000 Commit: Robert Clausecker <fuz@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-11-25 21:57:20 +0000 sbin/{ffsinfo,mount,newfs}: reference ffs(4) in man pages PR: 282867 MFC: stable/14 Approved by: mhorne (via IRC) sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8 | 3 ++- sbin/mount/mount.8 | 3 ++- sbin/newfs/newfs.8 | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
A commit in branch stable/14 references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=435a5f94fbc09959c0a4e48b1e81a50fcfd45673 commit 435a5f94fbc09959c0a4e48b1e81a50fcfd45673 Author: David Gilbert <dave@daveg.ca> AuthorDate: 2024-11-25 21:57:20 +0000 Commit: Robert Clausecker <fuz@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-11-25 22:05:11 +0000 sbin/{ffsinfo,mount,newfs}: reference ffs(4) in man pages With some copy-editing to account for the man page being in section 7 on stable/14. PR: 282867 MFC: stable/14 Approved by: mhorne (via IRC) (cherry picked from commit 3a212cc66ad1b5d6c1dc97eb07143e919a123491) sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8 | 3 ++- sbin/mount/mount.8 | 3 ++- sbin/newfs/newfs.8 | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Thank you for your contribution.
(In reply to David Gilbert from comment #5) How do you do that? I have at least one other account on here, as they were primed with email addresses from the previous bug tracker, and I changed primary address a few times throughout its lifetime. Cheers
(In reply to Jamie Landeg-Jones from comment #9) getting my accounts merged was an email to bugmeister@ Changing my long name was under preferences in the interface.
I considered the same thing for file allocation table file system tooling and have had a patch open for one month about it. Should I file a new bug to encourage it move? https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1501