[RFC] More meaningful information about ENOEXEC for kldload(8)

[Doug Barton]

On 10/25/2010 5:53 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Doug Barton<dougb at freebsd.org>  wrote:
>> On 10/25/2010 13:33, Ivan Voras wrote:
>>>
>>> (except if the message is changed to say "please look at the kernel
>>> syslog messages to find out the real reason for this failure")
>>
>> Thinking about Garrett's response as well, this may be the best way to go.
>
>      Well.. I'm not saying the current output is the best, but I just
> don't want to dig a deeper hole that will further confuse people, as
> some users may get even more confused with additional details.

I don't think "You'll find more information in the logs" to be confusing.

>> At this point I'm also not concerned about waiting for an ideal solution.
>> IMO an incremental change here would be most welcome.
>
>      Wouldn't noting this in the manpage be sufficient?

I think _also_ adding it to the man page would be appropriate. IMO this 
is an area where we have to try and think more like users, and less like 
developers.


Doug

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