On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:55:23 +0100 Tom Gundersen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dieter, > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Dieter Plaetinck > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also I notice there is no manpage for rc.conf. > > How can we improve this situation? Maybe by maintaining a man page > > for rc.conf which is as extensive as what currently in the official > > install guide? then, in the official installation guide, I can just > > refer to the rc.conf manpage, meaning the documentation is always > > in sync, at the same time it would also allow to make the > > documentation in rc.conf a bit more minimal. > > Thanks for caring about this. > > I think a manpage would make the most sense. I try to update the wiki > when i remember, but I definitely have forgotten in the past. A > manpage would be much simpler to keep up to date (as we'd change the > documentation when we commit the change to the code, rather than when > the code is released). > > If anyone would like to work on this I'd be very happy. Otherwise, I'd > put it on my TODO list... > > Cheers, > > Tom Well, I can help. I'm working on a new archiso release and for that I need up to date rc.conf docs (well, need is a big word. let's say it helps me making our users a bit happier) if somebody has a basic manpage template I can help fill in blanks / make corrections etc. most of the content is already available at https://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/blob/develop/doc/official_installation_guide_en#L510 and http://projects.archlinux.org/initscripts.git/tree/rc.conf but I just need a starting point. I tried using rc.d.8.txt as starting point but I fail: 18:05:22 dieter@Gi tmp master ? curl http://projects.archlinux.org/initscripts.git/tree/rc.d.8.txt > rc.d.8.txt % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 11607 0 11607 0 0 39969 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 69921 18:05:29 dieter@Gi tmp master ? a2x -d manpage -f manpage rc.d.8.txt a2x: ERROR: /usr/bin/asciidoc.py --backend docbook -a a2x-format=manpage --doctype manpage --out-file /home/dieter/tmp/rc.d.8.xml /home/dieter/tmp/rc.d.8.txt returned non-zero exit status 1 18:05:45 dieter@Gi tmp master ? pacman -Qo a2x 1 ↵ /usr/bin/a2x is owned by asciidoc 8.6.6-2 Dieter
