Re: Error on vndconfig(8) man page

[Brian Buhrow <buhrow%nfbcal.org@localhost>]

	hello.  Just as a point of reference, the command is still vnconfig in
NetBSD-5.2, so the name change is pretty recent.  I wonder why the name
change was thought to be necessary?
On Nov 5,  7:06pm, Paul Goyette wrote:
} Subject: Error on vndconfig(8) man page
} This man page is installed as both vndconfig and vnconfig, however the
} SYNOPSIS references only vndconfig.
} 
} The HISTORY section says that the command was introduced in NetBSD 1.0
} 
} The BUGS section says that the command should be named 'vndconfig'.
} 
} 
} Well, as I see it, the BUGS section is wrong because the command already
} is named 'vndconfig' as shown in the SYNOPSIS!
} 
} And IIRC, in NetBSD 1.0 the command was originally introduced as
} 'vnconfig', and renamed at some later time.  The HISTORY section should
} be rewritten to indicate the entire history of the command, including
} the name change.
} 
} :)
} 
} 
} PS The sources for this command are still located in directory
} src/usr.sbin/vnconfig and will probably stay there (due to our innate
} aversion to repository moves).
} 
} 
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