Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 12:44:56AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > then i guess i would propose doing exactly that: removing the bulk of > > > the text describing primitives and qualifiers and leave a pointer to > > > pcap-filter.3. we could leave a brief description of the main > > > qualifiers, and perhaps just a list of valid keywords for the other > > > primitives. > > > > I think that will be very annoying. > > > > When I want to use tcpdump, I don't want to go reading a manual page > > which isn't called tcpdump. Why should people need to jump another step. > > > > Why should the tcpdump option become just a stub about the getopt options. > > > > I believe most people run 'man tcpdump' not to read about the getopt > > options, > > but to remind themselves of the pcap grammar they are about to use. Making > > them run the man command twice is inserting a distraction into the process. > > > > I recognize the tcpdump manual page doesn't describe the full grammer, but > > it is still useful as-is. > > > > why not just paste in the body of pcap-filter in then and we can try and > keep them in sync thereafter?
that might work
