Date: 8 Sep 2005 12:36:09 -0000 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/85867: dumpon.8 is missing crucial information Message-ID: <20050908123609.36573.qmail@mired.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200509081240.j88CeBYC083129@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 85867 >Category: docs >Synopsis: dumpon.8 is missing crucial information >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 08 12:40:11 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mike Meyer >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: Meyer Consulting >Environment: System: FreeBSD bhuda.mired.org 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #9: Thu Aug 11 15:56:04 EDT 2005 mwm@bhuda.mired.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/BHUDA i386 >Description: The dumpon man page no longer specifies that the dump device needs to be at least 64K bigger than physical memory. While the new information is in some ways "better", people with systems that are exceptions to the "most" need to know how big that header is. >How-To-Repeat: "man dumpon". The old information can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8.diff?r1=1.11.2.11&r2=1.11.2.12&f=h >Fix: Change the text from "additional header" to "additional 64Kb header". >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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