maybe a little less coffee ? :)
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On Monday, 26 October 2020 10:16, Rachel Roch <rroch@tutanota.de> wrote:
> Re: submitting something. Theo has spoken and given his judgement. Theo decreed "no, it should not be there", thus I shall not be wasting my time submitting something that won't ever be accepted due to whatever weird reason Theo thinks a random half-baked description of what is going on with netstart(8) is acceptable.
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> 25 Oct 2020, 13:44 by pipus@protonmail.com:
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> > Rachel, you could submit something to be helpful if you like, fill the gap that you see. Only 60 devs and most of the man page content is incredibly up to date and valuable.
> > So I for one look forward to you adding your entry into the netstart man page for community review.
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> > On Sunday, 25 October 2020 09:42, Rachel Roch rroch@tutanota.de wrote:
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> > > 25 Oct 2020, 01:25 by deraadt@openbsd.org:
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> > > > Rachel Roch rroch@tutanota.de wrote:
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> > > > > Is it just me or is the man entry for netstart(8) missing a reference to wg(4) ?
> > > >
> > > > ... and 300 other network interfaces.
> > > > In otherwords, no, it should not be there.
> > >
> > > OK smart alec, then why bother enumerating any of the non-physical interfaces on the man page ?
> > > Afterall, the man page does state at the head of the list "During the system boot, netstart is executed. netstart performs the following operations, in the sequence given".
> > > There is little point giving a half-assed description. Either you enumerate ALL the non-physical interfaces, or otherwise you treat them the same way as the physical ones ("Configure all the physical interfaces").
> > > Otherwise you are failing to explain what happens to any of your "300 other interfaces". Enumerate or don't enumerate, I don't care ... but surely it is sensible to pay some reference to them.
> > > Sheesh !
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