Hi Rob, No comment on if this is a good idea or not as I'm not an OpenBSD developer, but I left a few comments inline regarding the mdoc semantics.
On 09/25/15 16:57, Rob Pierce wrote: > Since ntpd(1) is now enabled by default do the following changes make sense? > > Regards, > > Index: afterboot.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8,v > retrieving revision 1.149 > diff -u -p -r1.149 afterboot.8 > --- afterboot.8 24 Sep 2015 15:07:55 -0000 1.149 > +++ afterboot.8 26 Sep 2015 00:36:30 -0000 > @@ -124,22 +124,28 @@ Furthermore, the superuser's > should never contain the current directory > .Pq Dq \&. . > .Ss System date > -Check the system date with the > +.Xr ntpd 1 I think you meant section 8, not 1. The port textproc/igor can, among other things, automatically check for the existence of external references with the -x flag. > +is now enabled by default to automatically synchronize clocks with remote > +NTP servers. You can use Sentences should start on a new line; not sure if it makes a difference in mandoc's output, but it's done in the vast majority of manuals (perhaps a stylistic choice). In any case, igor can check for this too. > +.Xr ntpctl 1 1 -> 8 > +to check the status. > +You can also search > +.Pa /var/log/daemon > +for > +.Xr ntpd 1 1 -> 8 > +related events. > +To change the time servers or other related settings see > +.Xr ntpd.conf 8 . 8 -> 5 > +.Pp > +You can check the system date using the > .Xr date 1 > -command. > -If needed, change the date, and/or change the symbolic link of > +command. If needed, change the symbolic link of Sentences should start on a new line. > .Pa /etc/localtime > to the correct time zone in the > .Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo > directory. > -Alternatively, > -.Xr ntpd 8 > -can be used to automatically synchronize clocks with remote NTP servers. > -.Pp > -Examples: > .Pp > -Set the current date to January 27th, 1999 3:04pm: > -.Dl # date 199901271504 > +For example: > .Pp > Set the time zone to Atlantic Standard Time: > .Dl # ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Atlantic /etc/localtime > Regards, Michael
