Date: 15 Mar 2002 20:49:37 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/35953: hosts.equiv(5) manual is confusing or wrong about host name Message-ID: <gty9gtazha.9gt@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 35953
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: hosts.equiv(5) manual is confusing or wrong about host name
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 15 20:50:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gary W. Swearingen
>Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
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>Description:
Except for the first two words, this paragraph of the hosts.equive(5) manual
Host names are specified in the conventional ''.'' (dot) notation using
the inet_addr(3) routine from the Internet address manipulation library,
inet(3). Host names may contain any printable character other than a
field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
is the same as the paragraph of the hosts(5) manual which starts
"Network addresses". That is confusing, or wrong.
As far as I have determined from looking at the referenced inet_addr(3)
manual and inet_addr.c, the first sentence of hosts.equiv(5)'s paragraph
is erroneous.
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>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
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>Fix:
Replace the first sentence with "Host names are specified in the
conventional Internet DNS dotted-domains notation."
Maybe it also accepts numeric IP addresses, but I saw no evidence of it.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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