On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 08:57:40AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> Jason McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 12:21:52PM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> > > While designed to populate resolv.conf(5), there is nothing resolvd(8)
> > > specific about the route message route(8) sends.
> > > 
> > > At least unwind(8) consumes and acts upon it;  there might as well be
> > > other programs in ports that do such things, so describe it generically
> > > while going into required detail for our selected base daemons.
> > > 
> > > OK?
> > > 
> > > NB:  I'll fix unwind.conf(5) wrt. `route nameserver' separately.
> > > 
> > 
> > hi.
> > 
> > i think it sounds weird to talk about sending things without saying
> > where they're going. maybe there is a better word than send? maybe this
> > command is just recording, or specifying, or ...? i don;t have a good
> > grasp of the process here.
> 
> "to the route socket"
> 
> Maybe rather than 'send', does it explain things better to say 'broadcast',
> 

i think either saying to the route socket or broadcast are clear and
would read better.

jmc

> 
> > > Index: route.8
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/route/route.8,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.101
> > > diff -u -p -r1.101 route.8
> > > --- route.8       22 Oct 2021 18:31:12 -0000      1.101
> > > +++ route.8       26 Oct 2021 12:18:31 -0000
> > > @@ -169,11 +169,16 @@ only changes in that routing table will 
> > >  .Ar interface
> > >  .Op Ar address ...
> > >  .Xc
> > > -Send a list of up to five nameserver address proposals to
> > > -.Xr resolvd 8 .
> > > +Send a list of up to five nameserver address proposals.
> > > +.Pp
> > > +.Xr unwind 8
> > > +will learn them and act according to
> > > +.Xr unwind.conf 5 .
> > > +.Pp
> > >  .Xr resolvd 8
> > >  will replace all existing nameservers for the given interface in
> > >  .Xr resolv.conf 5 .
> > > +.Pp
> > >  If no
> > >  .Ar address
> > >  argument is given, a request to remove the nameservers previously 
> > > entered for
> > > 
> > 
> 

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