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Date:      Fri, 6 May 2005 15:01:07 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        ckoch001@informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de
Subject:   Re: Typo
Message-ID:  <200505061501.08817.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050504103906.z1dgezlbfqskwc88@mail.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de>
References:  <20050504103906.z1dgezlbfqskwc88@mail.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de>

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On Wednesday 04 May 2005 04:39 am, ckoch001@informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de wrote:
> Hi,
> found a typo in
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-set
>up.html
>
> man 5 loader.conf states:
> >>All settings have the following format: variable="value"<<
>
> while in the document the double quotes are missing
>
> >>Then, create /boot/loader.conf.local and put the following line there.
>
> console=comconsole
>
> or
>
> console=vidconsole
>
> <<
>
> correctly it should be
>
> >>Then, create /boot/loader.conf.local and put the following line there.
>
> console="comconsole"
>
> or
>
> console="vidconsole"<<
>
> I hope that is useful
> yours
> Chris

Actually, the quotes are optional.  I use 'foo=bar' in loader.conf all the 
time. Probably loader.conf(5) needs to be fixed to say that the quotes are 
optional.

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