Re: Issue in man page boot.7

Helge Kreutzmann
2023-03-12T07:21:54Z

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Hello Alex,
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 12:31:37AM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 3/11/23 18:13, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Without further ado, the following was found:
> >
> > Issue: This is true only on x86 and Lilo is probably not much used anymore; also systemd has its own (?) bootloader
>
> Please propose a fix for the wording.

> > "In Linux, the OS loader is often either B<lilo>(8) or B<grub>(8)."

I'm no subject matter experts (contrary to you), we are translators
observering potential (!) incorrect statements.

In another bug report one or two years ago, the last remaining lilo
"maintainer" told me the project is *dead* and he is just the last one
answering e-mails. And some distros stopped shipping lilo already; I
personally haven't used it for decades.

I don't know much about the boot loader from systemd. I basically just
translated the man page systemd-boot(7).

Having said this, the most straigtforward fix could be:

either B<lilo>(8) or B<grub>(8) → B<grub>(8)

Or you could additionally add more content:

Other boot loaders exist, like B<systemd-boot>(7) and the
old B<lilo>(8).

Greetings

Helge

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