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

["Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>]

* 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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