service -e doesn't really sort does it? the cool tip is slightly off

[Dennis Clarke]

On 1/17/21 1:46 PM, Graham Perrin wrote:
> On 16/01/2021 23:28, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> 
>> … maybe take out the word "sorted". Either that or
>> insert the "started order" as the manpage claims  :
>>
>> root at rhea:/usr/src/freebsd-src # diff -u
>> usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips.orig
>> usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
>> --- usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips.orig  2021-01-15
>> 00:37:37.863506000 +0000
>> +++ usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips       2021-01-16
>> 07:46:57.335803000 +0000
>> @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
>>
>>                  -- Lars Engels <lme at FreeBSD.org>
>>   %
>> -If you want to get a sorted list of all services that are started when
>> FreeBSD boots,
>> +If you want to get a list of all services that are started when FreeBSD
>> boots,
>>   enter "service -e".
>>
>>                  -- Lars Engels <lme at FreeBSD.org>
>> root at rhea:/usr/src/freebsd-src #
>>
>> Sorry for being all OCD here. Perhaps it should say sorted in the order
>> in which they were started. Something like that.
>>
> 
> In lieu of 'sorted', how about 'dependency-ordered'?
> 

Anything that makes obvious sense would be nice. When I say "obvious"
here I mean "really obvious to a new user that just installed FreeBSD
yesterday" and not "obvious to a twenty year expert."

Dennis