Klemens Nanni([email protected]) on 2021.10.26 15:30:17 +0000: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 04:06:20PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > 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. > > The latter is great, thanks. > > OK?
yes, this is good. I don't think we should hide how all these tools work together. After all we want users to understand how to use it. And while it is build to work out of the box, there are certainly situations where one needs to know more. Thanks. > > > 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 15:30:04 -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 . > +Broadcast 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 >
