Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 20:55:21 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/48482: using deprecated sysctl option in FAQ Message-ID: <20030221205521.2b41519d.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200302220150.h1M1o9lE046749@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200302220150.h1M1o9lE046749@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:50:09 -0800 (PST) Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/48482; it has been noted by > GNATS. > > From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> > To: "Denis N. Peplin" <info@volginfo.ru> > Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: docs/48482: using deprecated sysctl option in FAQ > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:49:20 +0200 > > On 2003-02-20 13:19, "Denis N. Peplin" <info@volginfo.ru> wrote: > > from > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT > > # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 > > > > and from man sysctl: > > The -w option has been deprecated and is silently ignored. > > Well, just to be on the safe side here, since the FAQ is supposed to > document stuff for previous versions too, can we leave it there? Or > perhaps, add a small note that "versions of FreeBSD newer than 4.4 > don't need -w to work". > > NOTE: I haven't checked when -w was deprecated on the 4.X branch, but > we can do that later, if this looks a nice idea, I guess. > My 3 day old RELENG_4 build has the same thing as the HEAD version of sysctl(8). So basicly its gone, I don't have a cvs history for you, but if we are following 4.8 then this should be probly be removed. I'll leave it all up to you :) -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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