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and subject line Bug#627777: fixed in ndisc6 1.0.3-1
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regarding ndisc6: manpages don't specify return codes
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: ndisc6
Version: 0.9.8-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch upstream
Hi,
I'm supplying a patch that adds exit code descriptions to the manual
pages according to what I've found in the source code. Also, it fixes
some minor issues with them.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages ndisc6 depends on:
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii perl 5.10.1-16 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ndisc6 recommends no packages.
ndisc6 suggests no packages.
-- debconf-show failed
-- debsums errors found:
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ndisc6.mo (from ndisc6
package)
--- a/doc/ndisc6.8
+++ b/doc/ndisc6.8
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
.SH NAME
ndisc6 \- ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR "ndisc6" " [" "-1mnqv" "] [" "-r attempts" "] [" "-w wait_ms" "] <"
-.BR "IPv6 address" "> <" "iface" ">"
+.BR "ndisc6" " [" "-1mnqv" "] [" "-r attempts" "] [" "-w wait_ms" "]"
+.BR "" "<" "IPv6 address" "> <" "iface" ">"
.SH DESCRIPTON
.B NDisc6
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@
By default, ndisc6 waits 1 second between each attempts
(RETRANS_TIMER from RFC2461).
+.PP
+.RB "If " "ndisc6" " does not receive any response after the specified number"
+.RI "of attempts waiting for " "wait_ms" " milliseconds each time, it will"
+exit with code 2. On error, it exits with code 1.
+Otherwise it exits with code 0. This makes it possible to use the exit
+code to see if a host is on-link or not.
+
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
If you get no response while you know the remote host is up, it is
@@ -82,12 +89,13 @@
(i.e. Ethernet segment), for the sake of security. Technically, that is
done by ensuring that the Hop limit (TTL) is 255.
-Note that you cannot use ndisc6 to lookup the local host's link-layer
+.RB "Note that you cannot use " "ndisc6" " to lookup the local host's
link-layer"
address.
.SH SECURITY
-.RI "ndisc6 should be " "setuid" " " "root" " to allow use by non "
-privileged users. It will drop its root privileges before any attempt
+.RB "" "ndisc6" " "
+.RI "should be " "setuid" " " "root" " to allow use by"
+non-privileged users. It will drop its root privileges before any attempt
is made to send or receive data from the network to reduce the possible
impact of a security vulnerability.
--- a/doc/rdisc6.8
+++ b/doc/rdisc6.8
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
.SH NAME
rdisc \- ICMPv6 Router Discovery tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR "rdisc6" " [" "-qv" "] [" "-r attempts" "] [" "-w wait_ms" "] ["
-.BR "IPv6 address" "] <" "iface" ">"
+.BR "rdisc6" " [" "-qv" "] [" "-r attempts" "] [" "-w wait_ms" "]"
+.BR "" "[" "IPv6 address" "] <" "iface" ">"
.SH DESCRIPTON
.B RDisc6
@@ -75,8 +75,15 @@
By default, rdisc6 waits 4 second between each attempts
(RTR_SOLICITATION_INTERVAL from RFC2461).
+.PP
+.RB "If " "rdisc6" " does not receive any response after the specified number"
+.RI "of attempts waiting for " "wait_ms" " milliseconds each time, it will"
+exit with code 2. On error, it exits with code 1.
+Otherwise it exits with code 0.
+
.SH SECURITY
-.RI "rdisc6 must be " "setuid" " " "root" " to allow use by non "
+.RB "" "rdisc6" " "
+.RI "must be " "setuid" " " "root" " to allow use by non "
privileged users. It will drop its root privileges before any attempt
is made to send or receive data from the network to reduce the possible
impact of a security vulnerability.
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: ndisc6
Source-Version: 1.0.3-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ndisc6, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 627...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bernhard Schmidt <be...@debian.org> (supplier of updated ndisc6 package)
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:06:41 +0200
Source: ndisc6
Binary: ndisc6 ndisc6-udeb rdnssd rdnssd-udeb
Architecture: source
Version: 1.0.3-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Bernhard Schmidt <be...@debian.org>
Changed-By: Bernhard Schmidt <be...@debian.org>
Description:
ndisc6 - IPv6 diagnostic tools
ndisc6-udeb - IPv6 diagnostic tools (udeb)
rdnssd - IPv6 recursive DNS server discovery daemon
rdnssd-udeb - IPv6 recursive DNS server discovery daemon (udeb)
Closes: 599870 605808 627777 658254 713004
Changes:
ndisc6 (1.0.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Adopt package (Closes: #713004)
- Switch to dh9, enable all hardening
- Add Vcs-* fields
- bump standards to 3.9.8, no changes necessary
* New upstream version 1.0.3
- Closes: #599870, #605808, #627777, #658254
* Refresh patches
* drop perl dependency of rdnssd, the hook is now a shell script
* fix lsb-base dependency on rdnssd
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