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Author: jlh
Date: Sat Jul 12 10:18:33 2014
New Revision: 268567
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/268567

Log:
  Make the description of the "no_prefer_iface" flag easier to understand.
  
  Reviewed by:	Silence on -net@ and from ume@

Modified:
  head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8

Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8	Sat Jul 12 07:47:50 2014	(r268566)
+++ head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8	Sat Jul 12 10:18:33 2014	(r268567)
@@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ Set a flag to enable Neighbor Unreachabi
 Clear a flag
 .Cm nud .
 .It Cm no_prefer_iface
-Set a flag to not prefer address on the interface as candidates of the
-source address for outgoing packets, even when the interface is
-outgoing interface.
+Set a flag to not honor rule 5 of source address selection in RFC 3484.         
+In practice this means the address on the outgoing interface will not be
+preferred, effectively yielding the decision to the address selection
+policy table, configurable with
+.Xr ip6addrctl 8 .
 .It Cm -no_prefer_iface
 Clear a flag
 .Cm no_prefer_iface .