docs/60743: Bug in hypertext version of random (4) manpage

Marc Silver marcs at draenor.org
Sat Jan 17 16:00:35 UTC 2004


The following reply was made to PR docs/60743; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Silver <marcs at draenor.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, aspiesrule at mcleodusa.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/60743: Bug in hypertext version of random (4) manpage
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:56:14 +0000

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 Hi,
 
 Due to the fact that the man.cgi dymanically generates the HTML page
 from the raw man page, I'm not entirely sure if this problem should be
 fixed in man.cgi or in the actual man page.  man.cgi should perhaps be
 more stringent when generating links to other pages, as the man page
 contains 'one (1)' and not 'one(1)', as is the standard adhered to in
 FreeBSD man pages.
 
 That said, my personal feeling is that the man page could more easily be
 changed with fewer consequences, and I've attached a patch to that end.
 Perhaps someone who knows more than me about this could make a decision
 on where the change should go.
 
 Cheers,
 Marc
 
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 --- random.4-orig	Sat Jan 17 17:39:00 2004
 +++ random.4	Sat Jan 17 17:53:48 2004
 @@ -107,27 +107,27 @@
  The
  .Va kern.random.sys.harvest.ethernet
  variable is used to select LAN traffic as an entropy source.
 -A zero (0) value means that LAN traffic
 +A value of 0 (zero) value means that LAN traffic
  is not considered as an entropy source.
 -Set the variable to one (1)
 +Set the variable to 1 (one)
  if you wish to use LAN traffic for entropy harvesting.
  .Pp
  The
  .Va kern.random.sys.harvest.point_to_point
  variable is used to select serial line traffic as an entropy source.
  (Serial line traffic includes PPP, SLIP and all tun0 traffic.)
 -A zero (0) value means such traffic
 +A 0 (zero) value means such traffic
  is not considered as an entropy source.
 -Set the variable to one (1)
 +Set the variable to 1 (one)
  if you wish to use it for entropy harvesting.
  .Pp
  The
  .Va kern.random.sys.harvest.interrupt
  variable is used to select hardware interrupts
  as an entropy source.
 -A zero (0) value means interrupts
 +A 0 (zero) value means interrupts
  are not considered as an entropy source.
 -Set the variable to one (1)
 +Set the variable to 1 (one)
  if you wish to use them for entropy harvesting.
  All interrupt harvesting is setup by the
  individual device drivers.
 
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