made bcfg2-lint error handling configurable on a much more granular level

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/man/bcfg2-lint.conf.5 b/man/bcfg2-lint.conf.5
index e2b8e79fa..0ae7a27ac 100644
--- a/man/bcfg2-lint.conf.5
+++ b/man/bcfg2-lint.conf.5
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ only whitespace.
 
 The file consists of one
 .I [lint]
+section, up to one
+.I [errors]
 section, and then any number of plugin-specific sections, documented below.  (Note that this makes it quite feasible to combine your
 .B bcfg2-lint.conf
 into your 
@@ -44,6 +46,24 @@ See
 .B bcfg2-lint(1)
 for a list of the available plugins.
 
+.SH ERROR HANDLING
+Error handling is configured in the
+.I [errors]
+section.  Each option should be the name of an error and one of
+.I "error"
+,
+.I "warning"
+, or
+.I "silent"
+, which tells
+.B bcfg2-lint(1)
+how to handle the warning.  Error names and their defaults can be
+displayed by running
+.B bcfg2-lint(1)
+with the
+.B --list-errors
+option.
+
 .SH PLUGIN OPTIONS
 
 These options apply only to a single plugin.  Each option should be in
@@ -54,6 +74,11 @@ plugin would be in a section called
 
 If a plugin is not listed below, then it has no configuration.
 
+In many cases, the behavior of a plugin can be configured by modifying
+how errors from it are handled.  See
+.B ERROR HANDLING
+, above.
+
 .TP
 .BR Comments
 
@@ -126,18 +151,6 @@ A comma-delimited list of attributes to require on
 .I <Info>
 tags.  Default is "owner,group,perms".
 
-\(bu
-.B require_paranoid
-Ensure that paranoid mode is on for all files.  This can be
-accomplished by either setting the global paranoid value (and not
-overriding it.  Default is false.
-
-\(bu
-.B require
-Require an
-.I info.xml
-file for all Cfg files.  Default is false.
-
 .TP
 .BR Validate
 
@@ -148,16 +161,6 @@ The full path to the XML Schema files.  Default is
 .I --schema
 command-line option
 
-\(bu
-.B properties_schema
-If set to
-.I "warn"
-, will warn if a property files does not have a matching schema file.
-If set to
-.I "require"
-, will produce an error if a property files does not have a matching
-schema file.  Default is to neither warn nor require.
-
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR bcfg2-lint(1)