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Date:      Fri, 5 Jul 2013 16:45:25 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r252798 - head/usr.sbin/sysrc
Message-ID:  <201307051645.r65GjPHq099217@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: dteske
Date: Fri Jul  5 16:45:25 2013
New Revision: 252798
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/252798

Log:
  Update sysrc(8) manual to coincide with r252797:
  
  Do not inherit $SYSRC_VERBOSE from operating environment. The concern is
  that when a user (such as myself) which has SYSRC_VERBOSE=1 in his/her
  ~/.bash_profile or such that when they are told to execute a command like:
  
  	hostname `sysrc -n hostname`
  
  NOTE: To activate a recently configured hostname.
  
  If $SYSRC_VERBOSE is set, then POLA is violated because the output of sysrc
  is indirectly influenced (making for an inconsistent experience).

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/sysrc/sysrc.8

Modified: head/usr.sbin/sysrc/sysrc.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/sysrc/sysrc.8	Fri Jul  5 16:21:44 2013	(r252797)
+++ head/usr.sbin/sysrc/sysrc.8	Fri Jul  5 16:45:25 2013	(r252798)
@@ -99,10 +99,9 @@ Show only variable values, not their nam
 Show only variable names, not their values.
 .It Fl q
 Quiet.
-Ignore previous
+Ignore previous occurrences of
 .Fl v
-and/or
-.Ev SYSRC_VERBOSE .
+flag.
 .It Fl R Ar dir
 Operate within the root directory
 .Pq Sq Ar dir
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ be called repeatedly).
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 The following environment variables are referenced by
 .Nm :
-.Bl -tag -width ".Ev SYSRC_VERBOSE"
+.Bl -tag -width ".Ev RC_DEFAULTS"
 .It Ev RC_CONFS
 Override default
 .Ql rc_conf_files
@@ -184,9 +183,6 @@ Override default
 Location of
 .Ql /etc/defaults/rc.conf
 file.
-.It Ev SYSRC_VERBOSE
-Default verbosity.
-Set to non-NULL to enable.
 .El
 .Sh DEPENDENCIES
 The following standard commands are required by



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