git: e6ab1e365c06 - main - config(8): Correct the mentioned paper in the SEE ALSO section

Gordon Bergling gbe at freebsd.org
Wed Apr 14 10:28:03 UTC 2021


On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 03:41:22AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > The branch main has been updated by gbe (doc committer):
> > 
> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e6ab1e365c06559e964667d2f5a6de856fa28be6
> > 
> > commit e6ab1e365c06559e964667d2f5a6de856fa28be6
> > Author:     Gordon Bergling <gbe at FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2021-04-13 04:49:00 +0000
> > Commit:     Gordon Bergling <gbe at FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2021-04-13 04:49:00 +0000
> > 
> >     config(8): Correct the mentioned paper in the SEE ALSO section
> >     
> >     FreeBSD's version of the config(8) utility is based on 4.3BSD not
> >     4.4BSD. So correct the mentioned paper in the SEE ALSO section.
> 
> What is this based upon?
> 
> As far as I know, and I am the one that did the imports, we
> never had the source code to config(8) for 4.3BSD, the config
> sources in the system are imported from the 4.4BSD lite source tape.

Warner has sent me a private mail in which he told me that FreeBSD's
config(8) is based on 4.3BSD with a lot modifications. The updated 
paper date and origin I got from a scan of the original documents
found at [1].

--Gordon

[1] http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/mtXinu/MT_XINU_SMM_Apr_1986.pdf

> >     Reported by:    imp
> >     Reviewed by:    imp
> >     X-MFC-with:     2b59392cb0da804e825c63469beb1934ec4267db
> >     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29701
> > ---
> >  usr.sbin/config/config.8 | 7 ++++---
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
> > index 929607712ef8..1e874c3e8355 100644
> > --- a/usr.sbin/config/config.8
> > +++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
> > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
> >  .\"     @(#)config.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
> >  .\" $FreeBSD$
> >  .\"
> > -.Dd April 9, 2021
> > +.Dd April 11, 2021
> >  .Dt CONFIG 8
> >  .Os
> >  .Sh NAME
> > @@ -249,11 +249,12 @@ The
> >  .Sx SYNOPSIS
> >  portion of each device in section 4.
> >  .Rs
> > -.\" 4.4BSD SMM:2
> > +.\" 4.3BSD SMM:2
> >  .%A S. J. Leffler
> >  .%A M. J. Karels
> >  .%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX System with Config"
> > -.%B 4.4BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)
> > +.%B 4.3BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)
> > +.%D June 3, 1986
> >  .Re
> >  .Sh HISTORY
> >  The
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org

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