Thomas Alexander Frederiksen([email protected]) on 2016.07.27 20:20:01 +0200: > > > On 27 Jul 2016, at 19:52, Florian Obser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 07:34:32PM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > >>> Synopsis: Man page for hostname.if contains outdated IPv6 autoconf > >>> information > >>> Category: documentation > >>> Environment: > >> System : OpenBSD 6.0 > >> Details : OpenBSD 6.0 (GENERIC.MP) #3: Wed Jul 27 16:35:50 CEST 2016 > >> > >> [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > >> > >> Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 > >> Machine : amd64 > >>> Description: > >> The man page for hostname.if refers to the now defunct rtsol option > >> rather than to the current inet6 autoconf option. > > > > What do you mean defunct? It works perfectly fine. > > Thanks, > > Florian > > I found the option to do nothing, rtsol and rtsold to have no man page, > and it all to be listed as being removed in the release notes for OpenBSD > 5.7: " ??? IPv6 router solicitations are now sent by the kernel ("inet6 > autoconf"); rtsol(8) and rtsold(8) are no longer necessary and have been > removed.???
rtsol in hostname.if is interpreted by /etc/netstart, to do IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration, as the manpage states correctly. It does not mean that a program called rtsol(8) or rtsold(8) is involved.
