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authorRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-07-28 12:02:24 +0000
committerRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-07-28 12:02:24 +0000
commit8d1fbeec1a4167bf1cb9d17decbe110f022df34a (patch)
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downloaddhcpcd-8d1fbeec1a4167bf1cb9d17decbe110f022df34a.tar.xz
Tart up the mandoc a little, thanks to Thomas Klausner.
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diff --git a/dhcpcd.8.in b/dhcpcd.8.in
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--- 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 Jul 27, 2008
+.Dd Jul 28, 2008
.Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM
.Sh NAME
.Nm dhcpcd
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is an implementation of the DHCP client specified in
-.Rs
-.%T "RFC 2131"
-.Re
+.Li RFC 2131 .
.Nm
gets the host information
.Po
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ from a DHCP server and configures the network
of the
machine on which it is running.
.Nm
-will then write DNS information to
+will then run the configuration script which writes DNS information to
.Xr resolvconf 8 ,
if available, otherwise directly to
.Pa /etc/resolv.conf .
@@ -84,15 +82,17 @@ If
.Nm
failed to obtain a lease, it will probe for a valid IPv4LL address
.Po
-aka Zeroconf, aka APIPA
+aka ZeroConf, aka APIPA
.Pc .
Once obtained it will restart the process of looking for a DHCP server to get a
proper address.
.Pp
When using IPv4LL,
.Nm
-will always succeed and return a 0 exit code. To disable this behaviour, you
-can use the
+will nearly always succeed and return a 0 exit code.
+In the rare case it fails, it normally means that there is a reverse ARP proxy
+installed which always defeats IPv4LL probing.
+To disable this behaviour, you can use the
.Fl L , -noipv4ll
option.
.Ss Hooking into DHCP events
@@ -274,9 +274,7 @@ to deconfigure the
and exit.
.It Fl D , -duid
Generate an
-.Rs
-.%T "RFC 4361"
-.Re
+.Li RFC 4361
compliant clientid.
This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's
not enabled by default.