407489 – handbook gives outdated information about rc.conf

Bug 407489 - handbook gives outdated information about rc.conf

Summary: handbook gives outdated information about rc.conf

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installation Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	nm (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2012-03-08 22:53 UTC by Ben Kohler
Modified:	2012-03-28 22:39 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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patch for proposed changes (rc.conf-description.patch,796 bytes, patch) 2012-03-08 22:53 UTC, Ben Kohler	Details \| Diff
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Description Ben Kohler gentoo-dev

2012-03-08 22:53:06 UTC

"As you can see, this file is well commented to help you set up the necessary configuration variables. You can configure your system to use unicode and define your default editor and your display manager (like gdm or kdm)."

The only part of this that is still true is the unicode part, IMHO it would be best to just remove this paragraph altogether and let users read rc.conf's comments for the available settings (I like the previous "open rc.conf and enjoy all the comments in that file" advice) 

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Ben Kohler gentoo-dev

2012-03-08 22:53:57 UTC

Created attachment 304673 [details, diff]
patch for proposed changes

Comment 2 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-03-28 22:39:12 UTC

fixed in CVS.