Module Name: src
Committed By: kefren
Date: Wed Jul 24 06:28:10 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/sbin/route: route.8
Log Message:
Add -tag description as suggested in PR/45071
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.47 -r1.48 src/sbin/route/route.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/route/route.8
diff -u src/sbin/route/route.8:1.47 src/sbin/route/route.8:1.48
--- src/sbin/route/route.8:1.47 Fri Mar 1 18:25:17 2013
+++ src/sbin/route/route.8 Wed Jul 24 06:28:10 2013
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: route.8,v 1.47 2013/03/01 18:25:17 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: route.8,v 1.48 2013/07/24 06:28:10 kefren Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)route.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
.\"
-.Dd February 5, 2013
+.Dd July 24, 2013
.Dt ROUTE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -242,11 +242,16 @@ or are specified as link-level addresses
and the names must be numeric specifications rather than
symbolic names.
.Pp
-The optional modifiers
-.Fl mpls
-and
+The optional modifier
.Fl tag
-specify that all subsequent addresses are in the
+specifies an address associated to the route.
+How the address is used is specific to the address family of
+the destination and the interface used to forward the packet.
+Currently route tags are consumed only by the
+.Xr mpls 4
+stack, therefore
+.Nm
+assumes that the subsequent addresses are in the
.Tn MPLS
address family.
See
