On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 08:13:13PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote: > i don;t think this bit of text works well now because you say it runs > ifconfig 3 times then ... respectively. but you only list two things > (even though i understand dynamic config is two). since your text is > already clear, i'd omit ", respectively". or maybe say "inet4 and inet6 > dynamic ..." to balance out the three times would be better.
Thanks, is this better? Index: hostname.if.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5,v retrieving revision 1.77 diff -u -p -r1.77 hostname.if.5 --- hostname.if.5 17 Jul 2021 15:28:31 -0000 1.77 +++ hostname.if.5 11 Nov 2021 20:30:05 -0000 @@ -67,21 +67,13 @@ inet 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.255 d Each line is processed separately and in order. For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent -nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey +join mynwid wpakey mywpakey inet6 autoconf inet autoconf .Ed .Pp -would run ifconfig three times to set the -.Cm nwid -and -.Cm wpakey -of the interface, -the -.Sy AUTOCONF6 -flag and the -.Sy AUTOCONF4 -flag, respectively. +would run ifconfig three times to add a wireless network using WPA to the +join list and enable dynamic address configuration for IPv6 and IPv4. .Sh STATIC ADDRESS CONFIGURATION The following packed formats are valid for configuring network interfaces with static addresses.
