[people/amarx/ipfire-3.x.git] / net-tools / patches / net-tools-1.60-ifconfig_man.patch

--- net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/ifconfig.8.addr_man	2006-03-30 12:32:56.000000000 +0200
+++ net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/ifconfig.8	2006-03-30 12:38:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 (Novell IPX) and
 .B netrom
 (AMPR Packet radio).
+All numbers supplied as parts in IPv4 dotted decimal notation may be decimal,
+octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the ISO C standard (that is, a leading 0x
+or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading '0' implies octal; otherwise,
+the number is interpreted as decimal). Use of hexamedial and octal numbers
+is not RFC-compliant and therefore its use is discouraged and may go away.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B interface
Commit	Line	Data
236898d6 MT	1	--- net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/ifconfig.8.addr_man 2006-03-30 12:32:56.000000000 +0200
	2	+++ net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 2006-03-30 12:38:43.000000000 +0200
	3	@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
	4	(Novell IPX) and
	5	.B netrom
	6	(AMPR Packet radio).
	7	+All numbers supplied as parts in IPv4 dotted decimal notation may be decimal,
	8	+octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the ISO C standard (that is, a leading 0x
	9	+or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading '0' implies octal; otherwise,
	10	+the number is interpreted as decimal). Use of hexamedial and octal numbers
	11	+is not RFC-compliant and therefore its use is discouraged and may go away.
	12	.SH OPTIONS
	13	.TP
	14	.B interface