>Number:         478
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       arp(8) mentions trailers, but arp no longer supports them
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep 15 14:35:06 1994
>Originator:     Ty Sarna
>Organization:
Ty Sarna                                    Endicor Technologies, Inc.
tsarna@endicor.com                          P.O. Box 29000 #355
(210) 650-4988                              San Antonio, TX 78229
>Release:        
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD rous.endicor.com 1.0_BETA NetBSD 1.0_BETA (ROUS) #120: Mon Sep 12 02:35:54 CDT 1994 root@rous.endicor.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/ROUS amiga


>Description:

Trailers are no longer really supported, and the arp command gives a
warning when the "trail" argument is used and ignores it. However,
the arp(8) man page still talks about this argument as if it were
allowed.

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

*** arp.8.orig	Wed Sep 14 16:44:28 1994
--- arp.8	Wed Sep 14 16:44:58 1994
***************
*** 49,55 ****
  .Fl s Ar hostname ether_addr
  .Op Ar temp
  .Op Ar pub
- .Op Ar trail
  .Nm arp
  .Fl f Ar filename
  .Sh DESCRIPTION
--- 49,54 ----
***************
*** 97,105 ****
  responding to requests for 
  .Ar hostname
  even though the host address is not its own.
- The word
- .Ar trail
- indicates that trailer encapsulations may be sent to this host.
  .It Fl f
  Causes the file
  .Ar filename
--- 96,101 ----
***************
*** 112,118 ****
  .Ar hostname ether_addr
  .Op Ar temp
  .Op Ar pub
- .Op Ar trail
  .Ed
  .Pp
  with argument meanings as given above.
--- 108,113 ----
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: