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Date:      Thu, 30 May 1996 14:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: docs/1281: Dead update(8) still referenced in man pages
Message-ID:  <199605302110.OAA25533@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/1281; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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. ;-)



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