docs/121155: [patch] Update freebsd-update man page to fix typo

John Ferrell jdferrell3 at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 27 20:20:02 UTC 2008


>Number:         121155
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] Update freebsd-update man page to fix typo
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 27 20:20:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Ferrell
>Release:        6.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD promethium 6.2-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9 #0: Thu Nov 29 04:07:33 UTC 2007     root at i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
Under the tip section of the freebsd-update(8) man page it shows:

to /etc/crontab will check for updates every night.  If your block is set to UTC...

I think 'block' should be 'clock'.  Updated the man page to fix.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
--- freebsd-update.8.orig       Wed Feb 27 15:07:14 2008
+++ freebsd-update.8    Wed Feb 27 15:07:50 2008
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 .Dl 0 3 * * * root /usr/sbin/freebsd-update cron
 .Pp
 to /etc/crontab will check for updates every night.
-If your block is set to UTC, please pick a random time
+If your clock is set to UTC, please pick a random time
 other than 3AM, to avoid overly imposing an uneven load
 on the server(s) hosting the updates.
 .El


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