Subject: bin/14724: traceroute.8 missing description of -q option
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <paul@whooppee.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/25/2001 17:42:32
>Number: 14724
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: traceroute.8 missing description of -q option
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 25 17:43:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Paul Goyette
>Release: Approximately 01 Oct 2001
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD pc1.whooppee.com 1.5X NetBSD 1.5X (PC1) #17: Wed Aug 15 10:40:34 PDT 2001 paul@pc1.whooppee.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PC1 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Although the -q option is listed in the synopsis section, and it
is referenced in the text following the description of each option,
there is no description of the option itself.
>How-To-Repeat:
man traceroute
>Fix:
diff -c -r1.13 traceroute.8
*** traceroute.8 2001/11/04 23:14:35 1.13
--- traceroute.8 2001/11/26 01:36:11
***************
*** 150,155 ****
--- 150,159 ----
Set the "don't fragment" bit, and use the next hop mtu each time we get
the "need fragmentation" error, thus probing the path MTU.
.TP
+ .B \-q
+ Set the number of probe packets sent for each hop. By default, traceroute
+ sends three probe packets.
+ .TP
.B \-r
Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached
network.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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