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