Subject: bin/12728: Manpage for mbrlabel(8)'s -w option incorrect
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Dave Huang <khym@azeotrope.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/23/2001 17:40:18
>Number: 12728
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Manpage for mbrlabel(8)'s -w option incorrect
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 23 15:40:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dave Huang
>Release: NetBSD 1.5U as of April 23, 2001
>Organization:
Name: Dave Huang | Mammal, mammal / their names are called /
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD yerfable.metonymy.com 1.5U NetBSD 1.5U (YERFABLE) #154: Mon Apr 23 17:17:58 CDT 2001 khym@yerfable.metonymy.com:/usr/src.local/sys/arch/alpha/compile/YERFABLE alpha
Architecture: alpha
Machine: alpha
>Description:
The mbrlabel(8) manpage says:
-w Update the on-disk label if it has been changed.
However, the CVS commit log says:
-w write in-core label if changed
and that's what the code seems to do...
>How-To-Repeat:
man 8 mbrlabel
>Fix:
--- /usr/src/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 Fri Dec 29 23:32:29 2000
+++ mbrlabel.8 Mon Apr 23 17:34:55 2001
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
Update both the in-core and the on-disk label if the in-core label has
been changed.
.It Fl w
-Update the on-disk label if it has been changed.
+Update the in-core label if it has been changed.
.El
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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