FS#31950 - [initscripts] rc.conf.pacnew and man rc.conf not consistent
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Opened by Lone_Wolf (Lone_Wolf) - Sunday, 14 October 2012, 12:43 GMT
Last edited by Tom Gundersen (tomegun) - Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 20:22 GMT
Opened by Lone_Wolf (Lone_Wolf) - Sunday, 14 October 2012, 12:43 GMT
Last edited by Tom Gundersen (tomegun) - Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 20:22 GMT
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Initscripts version 2012.10.1-1
The latest rc.conf supplied with initscripts leaves out a lot of things that are mentioned in man rc.conf . for example broadcast and localization options are no longer mentioned in rc.conf . I feel this has a big chance of confusing arch users. |
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top of man rc.conf :
RC.CONF(5) RC.CONF(5)
NAME
rc.conf - Arch Linux main configuration file
top of latest rc.conf
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# /etc/rc.conf - configuration file for initscripts
#
Since i follow archlinux forums, news, arch-dev-public and aur-general i am aware the content of rc.conf is probably the correct one.
On the other hand the man pages are very often used in forum replies to answer questions of people, and i case there's doubt the man page is often referred to as having authority.
Sidenote :
"promoting the better alternatives" is in my opinion the wrong way to phrase that.
Arch devs have chosen to switch to systemd and it's their preferred option.
IN MY OPINION whether this is the better solution is questionable, but arch devs have made their choice clearly.
As long as non-systemd options are available, please use "preferred alternatives" instead of better .
As to your sidenote, the change to the 'better' config files this decision was made independently of systemd and (at least in my humble opinion) they have plenty of benefits even if we were not moving to systemd, so I think referring to them as 'better' is correct.