Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 10:02:01 +0900 (JST) From: Masahiro Sekiguchi <seki@axis.sysrap.cs.fujitsu.co.jp> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/4617: obsolete reference to mount_lofs in mount_null.8 Message-ID: <199709240102.KAA07340@axis.sysrap.cs.fujitsu.co.jp> Resent-Message-ID: <199709240110.SAA18489@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4617 >Category: docs >Synopsis: man page for mount_null has a reference to obsolete mount_lofs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 23 18:10:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Masahiro Sekiguchi >Organization: Fujitsu Limited >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2.2 >Description: Manual page for mount_null (mount_null.8) includes a reference to an obsolete filesystem lofs. I think it has some value to note that the nullfs provides similar function to lofs, but the man page text explicitly state "see mount_lofs(8)," which is not available in the current version of FreeBSD. >How-To-Repeat: man mount_null then man mount_lofs >Fix: I suggest to remove the reference to mount_lofs(8), leaving the reference to loopback filesystem. The following change is a _work_aroud_ to do so. --- mount_null.8.orig Wed Sep 24 09:45:45 1997 +++ mount_null.8 Wed Sep 24 09:48:06 1997 @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ null layer, duplicating a sub-tree of the file system name space under another part of the global file system namespace. In this respect, it is -similar to the loopback file system (see -.Xr mount_lofs 8 ) . +similar to the loopback file system +provided in older versions of the operating system. It differs from the loopback file system in two respects: it is implemented using a stackable layers techniques, and it's >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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