From owner-freebsd-commit Fri Feb 9 11:04:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-commit Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA03259 for freebsd-commit-outgoing; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:04:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA03243 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:04:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA03233 for cvs-usrsbin-outgoing; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:04:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA03226 Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:04:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from crevenia.parc.xerox.com ([13.2.116.11]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <15115(8)>; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:03:58 PST Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by crevenia.parc.xerox.com with SMTP id <177478>; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:03:51 -0800 X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/arp arp.8 arp.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 08 Feb 1996 22:57:23 PST." <1017.823849043@critter.tfs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:03:43 PST From: Bill Fenner Message-Id: <96Feb9.110351pst.177478@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> Sender: owner-commit@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <1017.823849043@critter.tfs.com> you write: >It's still needed if the existing entry is of another kind, ie. autolearned >or put in by hand. Are you sure? % ping 13.2.119.1 PING 13.2.119.1 (13.2.119.1): 56 data bytes ^C --- 13.2.119.1 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss % arp 13.2.119.1 ? (13.2.119.1) at (incomplete) # arp -s 13.2.119.1 1:2:3:4:5:6 # arp 13.2.119.1 ? (13.2.119.1) at 1:2:3:4:5:6 permanent # arp eich eich.parc.xerox.com (13.2.116.59) at 8:0:20:7:85:36 # arp -s eich 9:8:7:6:5:4 # arp eich eich.parc.xerox.com (13.2.116.59) at 9:8:7:6:5:4 permanent # arp -s eich 5:6:7:8:9:a # arp eich eich.parc.xerox.com (13.2.116.59) at 5:6:7:8:9:a permanent An unmodified "arp" has been able to replace an unresolved, an auto-resolved, and a manually installed entry. Why is -S still needed? Bill