From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 31 23:50:07 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73781065676 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:50:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB688FC16 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6VNo7Gm048173 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:50:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p6VNo7tU048172; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:50:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:50:07 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201107312350.p6VNo7tU048172@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Garrett Cooper Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168FC1065670 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:46:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066DA8FC08 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:46:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6VNkaZ2052091 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:46:36 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p6VNkaCt052090; Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:46:36 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201107312346.p6VNkaCt052090@red.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:46:36 GMT From: Garrett Cooper To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/159341: [patch] incorrect reference to netinet/if_ether.h in ethers(3) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:50:07 -0000 >Number: 159341 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] incorrect reference to netinet/if_ether.h in ethers(3) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 31 23:50:07 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: CURRENT >Organization: n/a >Environment: >Description: ethers(3) recommends that the user should look in netinet/if_ether.h, instead of net/ethernet.h, where the definition actually resides. This doc bug was introduced in r20288 ( http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=20288 ). This bug has been around for more than a decade. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: Index: lib/libc/net/ethers.3 =================================================================== --- lib/libc/net/ethers.3 (revision 223824) +++ lib/libc/net/ethers.3 (working copy) @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ These functions operate on ethernet addresses using an .Vt ether_addr structure, which is defined in the header file -.In netinet/if_ether.h : +.In net/ethernet.h : .Bd -literal -offset indent /* * The number of bytes in an ethernet (MAC) address. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: