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[2019-02-01 09:45] Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
<j.deboynepollard-newsgro...@ntlworld.com>
> Jesse Smith:
> > The -v command only turns on verbose messages,
>
> The manual page does not say this. It says "Write out what is currently
> going on", which can, as this bug proves, be read as writing out a
> status report of what is currently the case for service configuration.
> This is not good writing. It makes the reader ask "What is currently
> going on /where/?" and "What precisely do you mean by /going on/?".
> Whereas "turn on verbose messages, showing what actions insserv is
> taking" does not inspire such questions.
>
> I suggest putting this explanation of yours into the manual.
I agree with this suggestion. While it is common sense, that -v
increases verbosity, while -n is about `dry run', being more unambiguous
in manpage would be nice.
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