Subject: misc/3509: bug in bootpd.8
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <msaitoh@spa.is.uec.ac.jp>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/18/1997 05:31:05
>Number: 3509
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: bug in bootpd.8
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 17 13:35:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: SAITOH Masanobu
>Organization:
>Release: latest -current
>Environment:
System: NetBSD ifree.spa.is.uec.ac.jp 1.2D NetBSD 1.2D (IFREE) #38: Mon Apr 7 17:41:09 JST 1997 msaitoh@ifree.spa.is.uec.ac.jp:/var/sources/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/IFREE i386
>Description:
Try "man bootpd":
> -t timeout
> Specifies the timeout value (in minutes) that a
> bootpd or bootpgw process will wait for a BOOTP
> packet before exiting. If no packets are recieved
> for timeout seconds, then the program will exit. A
*******
This is not "seconds" but "minutes".
>How-To-Repeat:
man bootpd
>Fix:
Apply following patch:
--- bootpd.8.orig Tue Oct 15 01:59:48 1996
+++ bootpd.8 Fri Apr 18 05:27:14 1997
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
process will wait for a BOOTP packet before exiting.
If no packets are recieved for
.I timeout
-seconds, then the program will exit.
+minutes, then the program will exit.
A timeout value of zero means "run forever".
In standalone mode, this option is forced to zero.
.TP
>Audit-Trail:
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