docs/38426: extra manpage .Xr to locate relevant sysctl information

[Simon L. Nielsen]

The following reply was made to PR docs/38426; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at nitro.dk>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, pdp at nl.demon.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/38426: extra manpage .Xr to locate relevant sysctl information
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:43:41 +0200

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 Hello
 
 In the name of close a doc PR ... :-)
 
 The idea of the change is good IMHO but I would suggest a version with a
 a bit different wording/content.  See attached patch.
 
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 Simon L. Nielsen
 
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 Index: sysctl.8
 ===================================================================
 RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8,v
 retrieving revision 1.47
 diff -u -d -r1.47 sysctl.8
 --- sysctl.8	6 Jul 2002 19:35:04 -0000	1.47
 +++ sysctl.8	30 Apr 2003 19:42:47 -0000
 @@ -134,6 +134,13 @@
  and
  .Nm netstat .
  .Pp
 +Some of the variables which can not be modified during normal system
 +operation can be initialized by setting them as environment variables
 +from
 +.Xr loader 8 .
 +This can for example be done by setting the variable in
 +.Xr loader.conf 5 .
 +.Pp
  The string and integer information is summarized below.
  For a detailed description of these variable see
  .Xr sysctl 3 .
 @@ -275,7 +282,9 @@
  option has been deprecated and is silently ignored.
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr sysctl 3 ,
 -.Xr sysctl.conf 5
 +.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
 +.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
 +.Xr loader 8
  .Sh BUGS
  The
  .Nm
 
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