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Date:      Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:35:52 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] More meaningful information about ENOEXEC for kldload(8)
Message-ID:  <4CC676C8.8070303@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinoQR1KGbwL3m-Gbc5zi2drbJ_XhsxaqnKfuhKz@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/25/2010 5:53 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Doug Barton<dougb@freebsd.org>  wrote:
>> On 10/25/2010 13:33, Ivan Voras wrote:
>>>
>>> (except if the message is changed to say "please look at the kernel
>>> syslog messages to find out the real reason for this failure")
>>
>> Thinking about Garrett's response as well, this may be the best way to go.
>
>      Well.. I'm not saying the current output is the best, but I just
> don't want to dig a deeper hole that will further confuse people, as
> some users may get even more confused with additional details.

I don't think "You'll find more information in the logs" to be confusing.

>> At this point I'm also not concerned about waiting for an ideal solution.
>> IMO an incremental change here would be most welcome.
>
>      Wouldn't noting this in the manpage be sufficient?

I think _also_ adding it to the man page would be appropriate. IMO this 
is an area where we have to try and think more like users, and less like 
developers.


Doug

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