Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:40:03 -0800 (PST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34758: Irrelevant comment in killall(1) manpage Message-ID: <200202100040.g1A0e3S38294@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/34758; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To: Jakob Borg <jakob@borg.pp.se>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/34758: Irrelevant comment in killall(1) manpage
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 02:36:20 +0200 (EET)
Jakob Borg wrote:
> The manpage for killall(1) says:
>
> Be warned that typing killall name may not have the
> desired effect on non-Linux systems, especially when done
> by a privileged user.
>
> which, while perhaps correct, is not relevant for a FreeBSD system. Also,
> the operating system kernel in use at a particular system should not influence
> the behavior of killall.
Well the point the author is trying to make is that on Solaris (and
probably other systems) typing "killall" in a prompt is a surprise in
itself, because it REBOOTS the system !!!
You're right that this should exclude Linux systems only though :-)
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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