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Date:      Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:35:12 -0500
From:      mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>
To:        "Earl A. Killian" <earl@killian.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: host.conf
Message-ID:  <20020329113512.A66496@rochester.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <200203291619.g2TGJ9v36685@gate.killian.com>; from earl@killian.com on Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 08:19:09AM -0800
References:  <200203291619.g2TGJ9v36685@gate.killian.com>

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On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 08:19:09AM -0800, Earl A. Killian wrote:
> I notice in a ktrace dump of an application that it tries to open
> /etc/host.conf.  However, "man host.conf" shows no documentation of
> what this file is supposed to be.  "man host.conf" does work on RedHat
> Linux, but the format appears to be different from the /etc/host.conf
> that exists on my FreeBSD machine.
> 
> Is there a FreeBSD man page somewhere for host.conf?
> 

This is a bug. In /usr/src/share/man/man5/Makefile,
host.conf.5 isn't listed in the MAN assignment at
the top. If you add it, and re-make/re-install, you'll
be fine. I've already sent in a pr on this.

mike
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