Don't encode the hostname as a FQDN by default as not all DHCP servers support this.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/dhcpcd.8.in b/dhcpcd.8.in
index c690700e..2e923704 100644
--- a/dhcpcd.8.in
+++ b/dhcpcd.8.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd May 02, 2008
+.Dd May 12, 2008
 .Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dhcpcd
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ You can use this option to specify the
 sent, or an empty string to
 stop any
 .Ar hostname
-from being sent. If
-.Ar hostname
-is an FQDN (ie, contains a .) then it will be encoded as such.
+from being sent.
 .It Fl i , -classid Ar classid
 Override the DHCP vendor
 .Ar classid
@@ -245,8 +243,11 @@ Requests that the DHCP server updates DNS using FQDN instead of just a
 hostname. Valid values for
 .Ar fqdn
 are none, ptr and both.
+The current hostname or the hostname specified using the
+.Fl h , -hostname
+option must be a FQDN.
 .Nm
-dhcpcd itself never does any DNS updates.
+itself never does any DNS updates.
 .It Fl I , -clientid Ar clientid
 Change the default clientid sent from the interface hardware address.
 If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ Linux Socket Filter, or LPF device on Linux based systems.
 Bourne shell script that is run when we configure or deconfigure an interface.
 .It Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid
 Text file that holds the DUID used to identify the host.
-.It Pa @DBDIR@/dhcpcd- Ns Ar interface Ns .lease
+.It Pa @DBDIR@/dhcpcd\- Ns Ar interface Ns .lease
 The actual DHCP message send by the server. We use this when reading the last
 lease and use the files mtime as when it was issued.
 .El