Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:10:22 GMT From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/98406: ethers(5): "ethernet-adress" and "fully-qualified-host-name" in wrong order Message-ID: <200606112110.k5BLAMUR045431@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/98406; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net> Cc: bug-follwoup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/98406: ethers(5): "ethernet-adress" and "fully-qualified-host-name" in wrong order Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:56:55 +0400 (MSD) Hi Patrick, [...] > >Description: > ethers(5) states: > > The ethers database contains information regarding known 48-bit > ethernet addresses of hosts on an Internetwork. The data is > stored in a file called /etc/ethers in the following format: > > ethernet-address fully-qualified-host-name > > Should be: > > fully-qualified-host-name ethernet-address What makes you think so? src/lib/libc/net/ether_addr.c::ether_line(): % i = sscanf(l, "%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x %s", &o[0], &o[1], &o[2], % &o[3], &o[4], &o[5], % hostname); ether_line(3) expects the fields in order described in the man page. I won't be surprised if there is a program outside the base system which reads /etc/ethers in opposite order but that won't be FreeBSD problem. -- Maxim Konovalov
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