From 9fc56974acc5bef7a2bb0d0402c74f5d7cf6b3d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Henriksson Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 15:48:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] iproute2: trivial fix of ip link syntax in manpage Reported by Ivan Vilata i Balaguer found that the description of the `ip link add` command in the manpage is outdated regarding the compulsory `link DEVICE` option. For instance, `ip link help` says: Usage: ip link add [link DEV] [ name ] NAME ... But the manpage still says: ip link add link DEVICE [ name ] NAME (Trying to provide a `link` option e.g. under an LXC container can frustrate the creation of dummy devices which don't need an actual device.) The syntax of the "ip link help" output was fixed in commit "iproute2: Fix usage and man page for 'ip link'" (a22e92951d). This updates the manpage to mark "link DEVICE" as an optional argument there as well. http://bugs.debian.org/673171 Signed-off-by: Andreas Henriksson --- man/man8/ip-link.8 | 4 +++- man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8 b/man/man8/ip-link.8 index 72f4cfd6..24d2ec78 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8 +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8 @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration \fB\-o\fR[\fIneline\fR] } .ti -8 -.BI "ip link add link " DEVICE +.BI "ip link add" +.RB "[ " link +.IR DEVICE " ]" .RB "[ " name " ]" .I NAME .br diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index c4fa8c1a..9386cc64 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration \fB\-o\fR[\fIneline\fR] } .ti -8 -.BI "ip link add link " DEVICE +.BI "ip link add" +.RB "[ " link +.IR DEVICE " ]" .RB "[ " name " ]" .I NAME .br