Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:48:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Michel Lavondès <fox@vader.aacc.cc.md.us> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/66541: [patch] sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 wordsmithing Message-ID: <200405111748.i4BHmIJj059363@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200405111750.i4BHoIgI088019@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 66541 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 wordsmithing >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: Tue May 11 10:50:18 PDT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michel Lavondès >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 >Organization: Ecdysiasts United For Overdressing >Environment: >Description: Patch says it all, really. >How-To-Repeat: man 8 ifconfig >Fix: --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8.orig Fri May 7 14:26:53 2004 +++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Fri May 7 14:33:35 2004 @@ -819,12 +819,10 @@ requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and tried to alter an interface's configuration. .Sh BUGS -IPv6 link-local addresses are required for several basic communication -between IPv6 node. -If they are deleted by -.Nm -manually, the kernel might show very strange behavior. -So, such manual deletions are strongly discouraged. +Basic IPv6 node operation requires a link-local address on each +interface configured for IPv6. +If you remove one by hand, the kernel may act very oddly. +Use at your own risk. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr netstat 1 , .Xr netintro 4 , >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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