[syslinux:master] Updating description in syslinux manpage wrt/ default entries as of syslinux >= 3.85.
syslinux-bot for Daniel Baumann
daniel at debian.org
Mon Jun 28 16:00:15 PDT 2010
Commit-ID: e2f3998297a32e761c83741ab55bc9612a8e9c99
Gitweb: http://syslinux.zytor.com/commit/e2f3998297a32e761c83741ab55bc9612a8e9c99
Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel at debian.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:15:54 +0200
Committer: Daniel Baumann <daniel at debian.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:15:54 +0200
Updating description in syslinux manpage wrt/ default entries as of syslinux >= 3.85.
---
man/syslinux.1 | 12 +++++++++---
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/syslinux.1 b/man/syslinux.1
index 70d44d1..1729ddd 100644
--- a/man/syslinux.1
+++ b/man/syslinux.1
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ with a hash mark (#) are ignored.
Sets the default command line. If \fBsyslinux\fP boots automatically, it will act
just as if the entries after "default" had been typed in at the "boot:" prompt.
.IP
-If no configuration file is present, or no "default" entry is present in the
-configuration file, the default is "linux auto".
+If no DEFAULT or UI statement is found, or the configuration file is missing
+entirely, \s-1SYSLINUX\s+1 drops to the boot: prompt with an error message (if
+NOESCAPE is set, it stops with a "boot failed" message; this is also the case
+for PXELINUX if the configuration file is not found.)
.TP
-NOTE: Earlier versions of \s-1SYSLINUX\s+1 used to automatically
+NOTE: Until \s-1SYSLINUX\s+1 3.85, if no configuration file is present, or no
+"default" entry is present in the configuration file, the default is
+"linux auto".
+.TP
+Even earlier versions of \s-1SYSLINUX\s+1 used to automatically
append the string "auto" to whatever the user specified using
the DEFAULT command. As of version 1.54, this is no longer
true, as it caused problems when using a shell as a substitute
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