From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu May 30 14:10:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA25543 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 30 May 1996 14:10:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA25533; Thu, 30 May 1996 14:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 14:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605302110.OAA25533@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: J Wunsch Subject: Re: docs/1281: Dead update(8) still referenced in man pages Reply-To: J Wunsch Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR docs/1281; it has been noted by GNATS. From: J Wunsch To: dutchman@spase.nl Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/1281: Dead update(8) still referenced in man pages Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 21:21:04 +0200 (MET DST) As Kees Jan Koster wrote: > > >Number: 1281 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Dead update(8) still referenced in man pages > Altough update(8) does not exist anymore on the system, some manual still > have cross-references. I was annoyed :-) I think it would be better to supply a man page for update(8). The process is still existing, it's only that there's no longer a separate binary executable for it. Of course, the man page should mention how to tweak the update interval. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)