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diff --git a/patches/procps-3.2.7/generic/10_sysctl.8.dpatch b/patches/procps-3.2.7/generic/10_sysctl.8.dpatch new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7d9ec3e6f --- /dev/null +++ b/patches/procps-3.2.7/generic/10_sysctl.8.dpatch @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run +## 10_sysctl_8.dpatch by <csmall@debian.org> +## +## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch. +## DP: -p flag has OPTIONAL filename (#297144) +## DP: cleanup ssysctl man page #282168 + +@DPATCH@ +diff -urNad procps-3.2.7~/sysctl.8 procps-3.2.7/sysctl.8 +--- procps-3.2.7~/sysctl.8 2006-06-26 09:44:20.000000000 +1000 ++++ procps-3.2.7/sysctl.8 2006-06-26 12:42:08.000000000 +1000 +@@ -10,76 +10,108 @@ + .SH NAME + sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime + .SH SYNOPSIS +-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] variable ..." ++.B sysctl ++.RB [ \-n ] ++.RB [ \-e ] ++.I variable ++\&... + .br +-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -w variable=value ..." ++.B sysctl ++.RB [ \-n ] ++.RB [ \-e ] ++.RB [ \-q ] ++.B \-w ++.IR variable = value ++\&... + .br +-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -p <filename>" ++.B sysctl ++.RB [ \-n ] ++.RB [ \-e ] ++.RB [ \-q ] ++.B \-p ++.RI [ filename ] + .br +-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -a" ++.B sysctl ++.RB [ \-n ] ++.RB [ \-e ] ++.B \-a + .br +-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -A" ++.B sysctl ++.RB [ \-n ] ++.RB [ \-e ] ++.B \-A + .SH DESCRIPTION + .B sysctl + is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available + are those listed under /proc/sys/. Procfs is required for +-.B sysctl(8) ++.B sysctl + support in Linux. You can use +-.B sysctl(8) ++.B sysctl + to both read and write sysctl data. + .SH PARAMETERS + .TP +-.B "variable" ++.I variable + The name of a key to read from. An example is kernel.ostype. The '/' + separator is also accepted in place of a '.'. + .TP +-.B "variable=value" +-To set a key, use the form variable=value, where variable is the key and +-value is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters ++.IR variable = value ++To set a key, use the form ++.IR variable = value ++where ++.I variable ++is the key and ++.I value ++is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters + which are parsed by the shell, you may need to enclose the value in double +-quotes. This requires the -w parameter to use. ++quotes. This requires the ++.B \-w ++parameter to use. + .TP +-.B "-n" ++.B \-n + Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values. + .TP +-.B "-e" ++.B \-e + Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys. + .TP +-.B "-N" ++.B \-N + Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that + have programmable completion. + .TP +-.B "-q" ++.B \-q + Use this option to not display the values set to stdout. + .TP +-.B "-w" ++.B \-w + Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting. + .TP +-.B "-p" ++.B \-p + Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given. + Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input. + .TP +-.B "-a" ++.B \-a + Display all values currently available. + .TP +-.B "-A" ++.B \-A + Display all values currently available in table form. + .SH EXAMPLES +-.TP +-/sbin/sysctl -a +-.TP +-/sbin/sysctl -n kernel.hostname +-.TP +-/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.domainname="example.com" +-.TP +-/sbin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf ++/sbin/sysctl \-a ++.br ++/sbin/sysctl \-n kernel.hostname ++.br ++/sbin/sysctl \-w kernel.domainname="example.com" ++.br ++/sbin/sysctl \-p /etc/sysctl.conf + .SH FILES + .I /proc/sys ++.br + .I /etc/sysctl.conf + .SH SEE ALSO + .BR sysctl.conf (5) + .SH BUGS +-The -A parameter behaves just as -a does. ++The ++.B \-A ++parameter behaves just as ++.B \-a ++does. + .SH AUTHOR + George Staikos, <staikos@0wned.org> + |