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Re: Documentation for rndseed misplaced?



On Nov 21,  9:18am, Patrick Welche wrote:
} On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:36:10AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
} > It appears that 'rndseed' is listed in the boot.cfg(5) man page along with
} > other keyword=value pairs ('default=x', 'timeout=x', 'load=mod', 'clear',
} > etc.)
} > 
} > But its usage seems to indicate that it belongs in boot(8), along with other
} > commands ('boot <kernel> <flags>', 'load <module>', etc.).  The prototype
} > boot.cfg file installed from src/etc/etc.amd64/boot.cfg has
} > 
} >     menu=Boot normally:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd
} > 
} > So my question is, should rndseed be documented in boot(8)?  And should it
} > be removed from boot.cfg(5)?
} 
} I don't think so: I can't type "rndseed" at the boot(8) prompt...

     Exactly his point.  It's boot(8) command, not part of boot.cfg(5).

}-- End of excerpt from Patrick Welche


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