Re: bin/57736: rtsold(8) compat man page is both imprecise and unhelpful

[Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

>  On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:10:01AM +0000, he%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
>  > 	2. "To quietly send a router solicitation message:" Why on
>  > 	   earth would one want to do that?!?  "Quietly" means no
>  > 	   debug output is provided, and "send ..." implies that such
>  > 	   a message is just sent, but does *not* imply any processing
>  > 	   of any returned message.  Or is this just clumsily or
>  > 	   imprecisely worded?
>
>  I need this in one of my setups. I have fixed prefixes and adresses,
>  but the (stupid, provider enforced) external router will not route
>  traffic to additional prefixes unless I ask it for a prefix delegation
>  first. I know the answer (it is all fixed) and don't do anything with the
>  result.

You're perhaps alluding to it, but let me expicitly suggest that
this is perhaps a somewhat "fringe" use case?

>  Not sure if this should or need to be part of this man page,
>  just noting that there are cases to use something similar.

I would not have anything aginst the use case being documented as
long as the more "common" use cases are covered.

Regards,

- Håvard