[src/netbsd-1-5]: src/share/man/man5 pullup rev. 1.7 from trunk (approved by ...

[jdolecek <jdolecek%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/d71268e7ba12
branches:  netbsd-1-5
changeset: 488715:d71268e7ba12
user:      jdolecek <jdolecek%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Jul 25 19:17:11 2000 +0000

description:
pullup rev. 1.7 from trunk (approved by thorpej):
the format without netmask is actually discouradged and supported for
compatibility only; put a short message about this fact in new NOTES
section

Noted by Matt Green.

diffstat:

 share/man/man5/ifaliases.5 |  8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (26 lines):

diff -r b93148f36548 -r d71268e7ba12 share/man/man5/ifaliases.5
--- a/share/man/man5/ifaliases.5        Tue Jul 25 19:12:20 2000 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man5/ifaliases.5        Tue Jul 25 19:17:11 2000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: ifaliases.5,v 1.4.10.1 2000/07/19 16:53:36 jhawk Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: ifaliases.5,v 1.4.10.2 2000/07/25 19:17:11 jdolecek Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthew R. Green
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .Pp
 The
 .Em netmask
-is the netmask of the alias's network address. This item is optional.
+is the netmask of the alias's network address.
 .Sh FILES
 .Pa /etc/rc.d/network
 .Pa /etc/ifaliases
@@ -68,3 +68,7 @@
 .Nm
 file appeared in
 .Nx 1.2 .
+.Sh NOTES
+Though the format without netmask is still supported
+for compatibility, it's usage is discouradged - you should
+always specify netmask explicitly.