From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: Bug#773443: host.conf.5: spoof deprecated ? Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:03:09 +0100 Message-ID: <54FD61CD.2060900@gmail.com> References: <20150308130510.GA3004@free.fr> <54FD4A19.2030203@gmail.com> <20150309075913.GA1341@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150309075913.GA1341-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: =?UTF-8?B?U3TDqXBoYW5lIEF1bGVyeQ==?= Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, 773443-61a8vm9lEZVf4u+23C9RwQ@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 03/09/2015 08:59 AM, St=C3=A9phane Aulery wrote: > Le lundi 09 mars 2015 =C3=A0 08:22:01, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) a = =C3=A9crit : >> Hello St=C3=A9phane >> >> On 03/08/2015 02:05 PM, St=C3=A9phane Aulery wrote: >>> ** COPY OF GLIBC BUGZILLA #18091 FOR INFORMATION ** >>> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D18091 >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> A Debian user reported that [1]: >>> >>>> spoof* keywords (nospoof, spoofalert, spoof) are here from 1996, >>>> they are still valid keywords but do not have any effect apparentl= y, >>>> no libraries or tools use them >>>> >>>> it is misleading to see references to resolv+ and rlogin, the keyw= ords >>>> are just ignored these days; the only meaning they have is that th= ey >>>> are >>>> allowed by host.conf syntax >>> >>> The glibc source code seems to confirm that the keywords nospoof, >>> spoofalert and spoof are accepted but without effects. I could find >>> nothing in the changelog. Could you please confirm that they are >>> obsolete? I could correct the man page accordingly. >> >> I had a quick grep in the glibc source code. >> >> It appears that you (and the reporter) are correct. (Even back in=20 >> glibc 2.1, things look the same). >> >> A patch would be appreciated! >=20 > Eventually, I may check others values too. > Do you to want to drop obsolete values or add a note ? Best to keep a note that they exist, but do nothing. Cheers, Michael --=20 Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html