Bug#697873: live-boot: Easy fix for broken persistence-label parameter
On 11/01/13 09:44 AM, Daniel Baumann wrote:
> On 01/11/2013 02:21 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
>> The man page says that it is a suffix. If the doc is wrong, please fix
>> the doc to match reality.
>
> which is well know, several times already discussed (with you too :),
> and on the wheezy todo.
I know that in general the man pages are still out of date, but as it is
quite relevant to this bug filing, I wanted to bring it up, as it sheds
light on why the patch won't be accepted.
> so far, (as i've explained) i haven't updated it on *purpose* yet since
> the manpages need a complete rewrite to match reality, not just for that
> one option, and that means going to the whole code and write the manpage
> alongside.
>
> as you can see, also not even the bootparameter has been updated (since
> it's not long ago that the final name has been choosen;
> persistence-subtext vs. persistence-label).
>
> but all that is not the point of the bug.. so, my initial question still
> stands.
Well, that question makes more sense now in light of my observations above.
Ben
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