>Number:         7498
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ping.8 duplicated paragraph (about -R)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 29 11:50:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Geoff C. Wing
>Organization:
Geoff Wing   <gcw@pobox.com>            Mobile : (Australia) 0413 431 874 <<<new
Work URL: http://www.primenet.com.au/   Ego URL: http://pobox.com/~gcw/
>Release:        19990428
>Environment:
System: NetBSD c.primenet.com.au 1.4_BETA NetBSD 1.4_BETA (C) #0: Sat Apr 24 17:43:25 EST 1999 mason@primenet.com.au:/usr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/C i386


>Description:
	ping.8 has a duplicated paragraph (still) which I had some feeling had
	already been reported but I can't find anything via query-pr, so...
>How-To-Repeat:
	read it
>Fix:

*** /usr/src/sbin/ping/ping.8	Sun Mar  7 23:08:57 1999
--- /obj/src/sbin/ping/ping.8	Fri Apr 30 04:39:36 1999
***************
*** 175,197 ****
  Do not display responses such as Network Unreachable ICMP messages
  concerning the ECHO_REQUESTs sent.
  .It Fl R
- Record route.
- Includes the
- .Tn RECORD_ROUTE
- option in the
- .Tn ECHO_REQUEST
- packet and displays
- the route buffer on returned packets.
- Note that the IP header is only large enough for nine such routes.
- Many hosts ignore or discard this option.
- .It Fl r
- Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached
- network.
- If the host is not on a directly-attached network, an error is returned.
- This option can be used to ping a local host through an interface
- that has no route through it (e.g., after the interface was dropped by
- .Xr routed 8 ) .
- .It Fl R
  Record Route.
  Includes the
  .Tn RECORD_ROUTE
--- 175,180 ----
***************
*** 205,210 ****
--- 188,200 ----
  This is why it was necessary to invent
  .Xr traceroute 8 .
  Many hosts ignore or discard this option.
+ .It Fl r
+ Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached
+ network.
+ If the host is not on a directly-attached network, an error is returned.
+ This option can be used to ping a local host through an interface
+ that has no route through it (e.g., after the interface was dropped by
+ .Xr routed 8 ) .
  .It Fl s Ar packetsize
  Specifies the number of data bytes to be sent.
  The default is 56, which translates into 64
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