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The loader(8) man page doesn't explain how you correctly format currdev

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 11 2020, 7:54 PM
val_packett.cool added inline comments.
stand/man/loader.8
486 ↗(On Diff #74334)

huh, what's with the : at the end? I don't remember ever writing it

kevans added inline comments.
stand/man/loader.8
486 ↗(On Diff #74334)

I was under the impression it's to remove ambiguity, because we may literally glue currdev and a path together for,e.g., open(). Omitting it could cause hilarityto ensue, I believe.

stand/man/loader.8
486 ↗(On Diff #74334)

Yeah, because the path ends up being like: zfs:dataset:/boot/kernel/kernel etc
The : at the end is very required.

For ZFS, 'set currdev=zfs:dataset' will return an error, saying it is invalid without the trailing :

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