- Document the signatures file format in a veriexec(5) man-page,
- Document the strict levels and a general Veriexec intro in veriexec(8)
instead of security(8).
Okay blymn@.
* Add a nooutput function to be used instead of redirecting to /dev/null,
because /dev/null might not exist early in the boot sequence. This
should fix a bug in which the pax autodetection failed when used from
init(8) with a read-only root file system without a /dev/null.
* Move most of the main program into a new makedev_main function,
to allow reuse by MAKEDEV.local.
In MAKEDEV.local:
* Use the new makedev_main function defined in MAKEDEV. This allows
MAKEDEV.local to support all the options understood by MAKEDEV, instead
of only a subset. This should fix a bug in which the setup() function
could try to use pax mode even though that was previously not supported.
In MAKEDEV.local man page:
* Update list of command line options.
* Don't explain all the options, just refer to MAKEDEV(8) man page.
* Remove BUGS section now that all MAKEDEV options are supported
by MAKEDEV.local.
man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8, and man8/man8.i386/pxeboot.8.
* In all:
- First few lines of each man page should be .Dd, .Os, .Dt, .Nm;
- Use Nx; new sentence, new line; serial comma;
- Update comments about which files to keep in sync.
* In MI boot(8):
- add reference to architecture-specific boot(8);
- add commented-out reference to boot.cfg(5);
- reinstate BUGS heading that was lost when the MI boot.8 was
created from i386 boot.8.
* In i386 boot.8:
- mention -x and -z flags;
- we can boot from media other than floppy, or from the network;
- remove first paragraph in BUGS section now that an MI boot(8)
man page exists.
* In i386 dosboot.8 and pxeboot.8:
- mention -c, -x, and -z flags.
Improve the documentation around that.
* The "-p pax", "-m mknod", and "-s" (mtree specfile) options should
always have been mutually exclusive. Now enforce that.
* The "-f" option didn't ever work with pax or mtree mode; document that,
and make it an error to try something that won't work.
* Make pax mode the default, if no other options prevent this, and if
"pax -w -M" appears to be usable.
* Add missing options to a usage message.
This allows easy configuration of banner text, console device and timeout
as well as allowing menus of commands to be displayed. If /boot.cfg
is not present, then the existing behaviour does not change.
The sections in the boot loader source are surrounded by #ifdef SMALL
allowing this functionality to be removed if space is at a premium.
Modify the afterboot(8) manual page to explain how to run the tests
installed alongside the system. This is something the user should do
after configuring it to ensure that it works and that it is stable on
his hardware.
Note that the emulation root is linux32 when running i386 linux programs
on an amd64 system.
Note that paths that start /../ are only looked up in the real root.
Modify the bug/note about symlinks not being looked up in the emulation root.
Some of this stuff ought to be in a generic 'emulation' man page.
by killing the parent process. The parent's PID is saved in $RC_PID.
* In all rc.d/* scripts that previously tried to stop the boot,
replace in-line code with "stop_boot".
* Document this.
This should fix PR 29822.
garbled