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Date:      Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:49:31 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r240735 - head/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <201209200549.q8K5nVHs052745@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: glebius
Date: Thu Sep 20 05:49:31 2012
New Revision: 240735
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/240735

Log:
  Redo r240386 providing more correct information.

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/ip.4

Modified: head/share/man/man4/ip.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/ip.4	Thu Sep 20 05:41:20 2012	(r240734)
+++ head/share/man/man4/ip.4	Thu Sep 20 05:49:31 2012	(r240735)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)ip.4	8.2 (Berkeley) 11/30/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 12, 2012
+.Dd September 20, 2012
 .Dt IP 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -187,21 +187,19 @@ cmsg_level = IPPROTO_IP
 cmsg_type = IP_SENDSRCADDR
 .Ed
 .Pp
-The socket should be bound to a local port.
-The socket may be bound or not bound to a local address.
-In the former case address supplied with
-.Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR
-overrides bound address.
-If the socket is bound to a local address and the address supplied with
+The socket should be either bound to
+.Dv INADDR_ANY
+and a local port, and the address supplied with
 .Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR
-is
+should't be
 .Dv INADDR_ANY ,
-then bound address is overriden via generic source address selection logic,
-which would choose IP address of interface closest to destination.
-If the socket is not bound to a local address, then address supplied with
+or the socket should be bound to a local address and the address supplied with
 .Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR
-can't be
+should be
 .Dv INADDR_ANY .
+In the latter case bound address is overriden via generic source address
+selection logic, which would choose IP address of interface closest to
+destination.
 .Pp
 For convenience,
 .Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR



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