Clarify the clientid option.

diff --git a/dhcpcd.8.in b/dhcpcd.8.in
index 13fd07e262fdc886c79ff7fbc6e524b5a1878951..9a8ab030b423035a75af2ccedef200a951d1675d 100644 (file)
--- a/dhcpcd.8.in
+++ b/dhcpcd.8.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd November 17, 2008
+.Dd November 19, 2008
 .Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dhcpcd
@@ -354,8 +354,13 @@ encodes the FQDN hostname as specified in
 Send the
 .Ar clientid .
 If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
-For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes we send a default
-clientid of the hardware family and the hardware address.
+For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes, or if the
+.Ar clientid
+is an empty string then
+.Nm
+sends a default
+.Ar clientid
+of the hardware family and the hardware address.
 .El
 .Ss Restriciting behaviour
 .Nm

diff --git a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
index 90b2c1bab3a138eaa734fc3ec83ba7dc500986c2..acfcc34709a7397861481cdd847abd080de46e24 100644 (file)
--- a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
+++ b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd November 17, 2008
+.Dd November 19, 2008
 .Dt DHCPCD.CONF 5 SMM
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dhcpcd.conf
@@ -64,8 +64,13 @@ carrier status.
 Send the
 .Ar clientid .
 If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
-For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes we send a default
-clientid of the hardware family and the hardware address.
+For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes, or if the
+.Ar clientid
+is an empty string then
+.Nm dhcpcd
+sends a default
+.Ar clientid
+of the hardware family and the hardware address.
 .It Ic duid
 Generate an
 .Rs