On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:48:14PM -0700, David Bustos wrote: > Quoth John Levon on Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 02:55:33AM +0100: > > Having entirely forgotten how svcprop -c / -C interact with which snapshot > > to > > use, I found the svcprop manpage a little unhelpful. In particular, whilst > > it > > does document that the 'running' snapshot is used by default, it's perhaps > > non-obvious that the way to get the current properties (no snapshot) is by > > specifying one of these options. I would suggest that some text after > > > > "The -w and -s options can be used to change the source of properties." > > > > to clarify that -c / -C can also change the source, and describe exactly its > > effect. > > Ok, I'll take a look and file a bug. Or you can file a bug if you want.
I filed: 6445848 svcprop(1) could be clearer about the effects of -c / -C > > (On another note, I couldn't find documentation on what happens with > > composition when both the instance and the service have a property value. > > Did I > > miss it somewhere?) > > There's a paragraph in smf(5). svcprop(1) should refer to it when > mentioning composition. Yes, sorry, on looking at that paragraph again, it does sufficiently explain this. thanks, john
