[Bug 294148] bsdinstall(8) man page missing some targets (hardening, finalconfig)
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:19:30 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294148
Bug ID: 294148
Summary: bsdinstall(8) man page missing some targets
(hardening, finalconfig)
Product: Documentation
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: Manual Pages
Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
Reporter: bigsneaky@duck.com
CC: doc@FreeBSD.org
At its heart, the bsdinstall script does:
exec "/usr/libexec/bsdinstall/$VERB" "$@" 2> /dev/null
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall
Looking in /usr/libexec/bsdinstall we see many potential $VERB scripts that
bsdinstall can run, including those documented at bsdinstall(8) but also:
# bsdinstall hardening
# bsdinstall finalconfig
Both commands work, but hardening and finalconfig are not listed in the
"Targets" section of the bsdinstall(8) man page. This surprises me as they both
look like they could be useful for scripting purposes.
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdinstall&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-current#TARGETS
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
(There's also startbsdinstall though I'm skeptical whether that's truly a
'target', even if it's possible to do # bsdinstall startbsdinstall.)
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