2009/4/30 Michael Biebl <mbi...@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> currently our man pages and config variables are not very consistent
> with regard to boolean variables.
>
> The majority uses true/false,
> there is HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO which is yes/no
> and NEED_CLOCK_SYNC, where anything else then "" is treated as true
> (see 90clock).
>
> I'd like to use true/false for all boolean values and update the
> manpages for HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO and NEED_CLOCK_SYNC and also
> the check in 90clock, to test explictly [ "$NEED_CLOCK_SYNC" = "true"
> ] || ...
>
> Any objections? Do you think this would pose upgrade problems for
> users who already set
> HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO to yes or no ( I could check both values
> (yes/no,true/false))

This time with patch. I keep the backward compatible check for
HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO = yes

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