Re: [PATCH] man/man5/gai.conf: Labels have a label not a precedence

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi David,

On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 10:04:38PM +0000, dg@treblig.org wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
> 
> The numeric value on a label entry is a label which is separate
> from the precedences.  Labels are compared with other labels, not
> precedences.

Is there any source to verify this?


Cheers,
Alex

> 
> Rename the field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
> ---
>  man/man5/gai.conf.5 | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man5/gai.conf.5 b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> index 4aff0b0b9..ef330995d 100644
> --- a/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> +++ b/man/man5/gai.conf.5
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
>  .P
>  The keywords currently recognized are:
>  .TP
> -.BI label\~ netmask\~precedence
> +.BI label\~ netmask\~label
>  The value is added to the label table used in the RFC\ 3484 sorting.
>  If any
>  .B label
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
>  All the label definitions
>  of the default table which are to be maintained have to be duplicated.
>  Following the keyword,
> -the line has to contain a network mask and a precedence value.
> +the line has to contain a network mask and a label value.
>  .TP
>  .BI precedence\~ netmask\~precedence
>  This keyword is similar to
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 

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