[PATCH] man/man5/gai.conf: Fix RFC reference

[PATCH] man/man5/gai.conf: Fix RFC reference

[dg]

From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>

Most of the RFC references correctly reference 3484, but the entry
in scopev4 points to 3438 instead.  It references section 3.2,
which 3438 doesn't have, but 3484 does have and talks about IPv4
addresses so looks right.

Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
---
 man/man5/gai.conf.5 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/man5/gai.conf.5 b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
index d80c23311..4aff0b0b9 100644
--- a/man/man5/gai.conf.5
+++ b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 .TP
 .BI scopev4\~ mask\~value
 Add another rule to the RFC\ 3484 scope table for IPv4 address.
-By default, the scope IDs described in section 3.2 in RFC\ 3438 are used.
+By default, the scope IDs described in section 3.2 in RFC\ 3484 are used.
 Changing these defaults should hardly ever be necessary.
 .SH FILES
 .I /etc/gai.conf
-- 
2.52.0

Re: [PATCH] man/man5/gai.conf: Fix RFC reference

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi David,

On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 09:49:56PM +0000, dg@treblig.org wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
> 
> Most of the RFC references correctly reference 3484, but the entry
> in scopev4 points to 3438 instead.  It references section 3.2,
> which 3438 doesn't have, but 3484 does have and talks about IPv4
> addresses so looks right.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>

Thanks!  I've applied the patch.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> ---
>  man/man5/gai.conf.5 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man5/gai.conf.5 b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> index d80c23311..4aff0b0b9 100644
> --- a/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> +++ b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
>  .TP
>  .BI scopev4\~ mask\~value
>  Add another rule to the RFC\ 3484 scope table for IPv4 address.
> -By default, the scope IDs described in section 3.2 in RFC\ 3438 are used.
> +By default, the scope IDs described in section 3.2 in RFC\ 3484 are used.
>  Changing these defaults should hardly ever be necessary.
>  .SH FILES
>  .I /etc/gai.conf
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 

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Re: [PATCH] man/man5/gai.conf: Fix RFC reference

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Alejandro Colomar (alx@kernel.org) wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 09:49:56PM +0000, dg@treblig.org wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
> > 
> > Most of the RFC references correctly reference 3484, but the entry
> > in scopev4 points to 3438 instead.  It references section 3.2,
> > which 3438 doesn't have, but 3484 does have and talks about IPv4
> > addresses so looks right.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
> 
> Thanks!  I've applied the patch.
> 
> 
> Have a lovely night!

Thanks, and Happy New Year!

Dave

> Alex
> 
> > ---
> >  man/man5/gai.conf.5 | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man/man5/gai.conf.5 b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> > index d80c23311..4aff0b0b9 100644
> > --- a/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> > +++ b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
> >  .TP
> >  .BI scopev4\~ mask\~value
> >  Add another rule to the RFC\ 3484 scope table for IPv4 address.
> > -By default, the scope IDs described in section 3.2 in RFC\ 3438 are used.
> > +By default, the scope IDs described in section 3.2 in RFC\ 3484 are used.
> >  Changing these defaults should hardly ever be necessary.
> >  .SH FILES
> >  .I /etc/gai.conf
> > -- 
> > 2.52.0
> > 
> 
> -- 
> <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>


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