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authorSol Jerome <sol.jerome@gmail.com>2011-05-16 11:19:17 -0500
committerSol Jerome <sol.jerome@gmail.com>2011-06-14 12:36:45 -0500
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doc: Better document PostInstall entries
Signed-off-by: Sol Jerome <sol.jerome@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/server/configurationentries.txt b/doc/server/configurationentries.txt
index 5602da189..91aed99b6 100644
--- a/doc/server/configurationentries.txt
+++ b/doc/server/configurationentries.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ Non-POSIX entries
| Service | System Services | name, type, status, target |
+-------------+---------------------+-----------------------------+
+.. note::
+
+ PostInstall entries are deprecated in favor of Action entries. In
+ fact, a PostInstall entry is simply a specific type of Action.
+ Basically, the following are equivalent::
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <PostInstall name='foo'/>
+
+ and
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <Action timing='post' when='modified' name='n' command='foo' status='ignore'/>
+
POSIX entries
=============
@@ -48,7 +64,7 @@ will only contain a *name* attribute. The type will be added by the
plugin that handles the entry in the case of `Cfg`_, `TGenshi`_, or
`TCheetah`_. If the entry is handled by the `Rules`_ plugin (i.e. it is
a device, directory, hardlink, symlink, etc), then you will specify both
-the *type* and any other necessary attributes in `Rules`_.
+the *type* and any other necessary attributes in `Rules`_.
Running ``bcfg2-lint`` will check your configuration specification for
the presence of any mandatory attributes that are necessary for the