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Re: [bug-inetutils] ifconfig is undocumented
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Mats Erik Andersson |
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Re: [bug-inetutils] ifconfig is undocumented |
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Date: |
Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:10:34 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
Måndag den 12:e december 2016, klockan 04:08, skrev Alfred M. Szmidt detta:
> inetutils 1.9.4 ships with a man page for ifconfig, which amoung other
> things says:
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> "The full documentation for ifconfig is maintained as a Texinfo
> manual."
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> But it would appear to be untrue. There is no mention of ifconfig in
> doc/inetutils.texi
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> That is an artifact from help2man :-(
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This being said and true, there is texinfo documentation also for ifconfig,
but at this time present in the development head only. Take a copy from there
if you are in need of the text. Most abilities of ifconfig stated there are
present in the official 1.9.4 release. The changes are mainly for portability.