Subject: Re: port-i386/36962: Misleading use of "path" in swapctl(8)'s discussion of -a option.
To: None <port-i386-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: James Hartley <jjhartley@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/10/2007 21:25:02
The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36962; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "James Hartley" <jjhartley@gmail.com>
To: "matthew green" <mrg@eterna.com.au>
Cc: port-i386-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: port-i386/36962: Misleading use of "path" in swapctl(8)'s discussion of -a option.
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:24:20 -0700
On 9/10/07, matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> wrote:
> ...i don't see why -a should meantion not looking
> in /etc/fstab. nothing elsewhere implies that this is the
> case and the only options that do look in fstab say so.
Technically this may be correct, but I would think that clarity is a
bigger goal.
Likewise, I still believe that mentioning "special" in the discussion
of "path" would help clarify as well.
Jim