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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-09-15 06:37:10 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-09-15 06:37:10 +0000
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Use err(3), add usage(). -Wall clean.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
index 5d65920..2cd8699 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
@@ -42,16 +42,15 @@
.Op Fl gpn
.Ar SYSTEM_NAME
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Pp
This is the old version of the
-.Nm config
+.Nm
program.
It understands the old autoconfiguration scheme
used on the HP300, i386, DECstation, and derivative platforms.
The new version of config is used with the
SPARC platform.
Only the version of
-.Nm config
+.Nm
applicable to the architecture that you are running
will be installed on your machine.
.Pp
@@ -62,45 +61,33 @@ which describes
the system to configure.
A second file
tells
-.Nm config
+.Nm
what files are needed to generate a system and
can be augmented by configuration specific set of files
-that give alternate files for a specific machine.
+that give alternate files for a specific machine
(see the
.Sx FILES
-section below)
+section below).
.Pp
Available options and operands:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width SYSTEM_NAME
.It Fl g
-If the
-.Fl g
-option is supplied,
-.Nm config
-will configure a system for debugging.
+Configure a system for debugging.
.It Fl p
-If the
-.Fl p
-option is supplied,
-.Nm config
-will configure a system for profiling; for example,
+Configure a system for profiling; for example,
.Xr kgmon 8
and
.Xr gprof 1 .
If two or more
.Fl p
options are supplied,
-.Nm config
+.Nm
will configure a system for high resolution profiling.
.It Fl n
-If the
-.Fl n
-flag is specified,
-.Nm config
-will not remove the old compile directory (see below).
+Do not remove the old compile directory (see below).
.It Ar SYSTEM_NAME
-specifies the name of the system configuration file
+Specifies the name of the system configuration file
containing device specifications, configuration options
and other system parameters for one system configuration.
.El
@@ -116,12 +103,12 @@ will create the directory
as necessary and place all output files there.
If the directory already exists, it will be removed
first unless the
-.Pa -n
+.Fl n
flag was specified or the environment variable
-.Nm NO_CONFIG_CLOBBER
+.Ev NO_CONFIG_CLOBBER
is set.
The output of
-.Nm config
+.Nm
consists of a number of files; for the
.Tn i386 ,
they are:
@@ -155,7 +142,7 @@ prints a reminder of this when it completes.
If any other error messages are produced by
.Nm config ,
the problems in the configuration file should be corrected and
-.Nm config
+.Nm
should be run again.
Attempts to compile a system that had configuration errors
are likely to fail.
@@ -165,7 +152,7 @@ entire input file is embedded in the new kernel. This means that
.Xr strings 1
can be used to extract it from a kernel.
.Pp
-strings | grep ___ will print just the configure information.
+Strings | grep ___ will print just the configure information.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /sys/i386/conf/Makefile.i386 -compact
.It Pa /sys/conf/files
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