From f9e9f92881fcd8e2241e2f5c6afcdbfb9398bf89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Sutter Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 11:22:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ip-link.8: Place 'ip link set' warning more prominently This moves the warning to the beginning of the section about 'ip link set' which makes it still stand out after adding more text to it's end. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter --- man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index 5d22e155..d168b6db 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -1019,6 +1019,18 @@ specifies the type of the device. .SS ip link set - change device attributes +.PP +.B Warning: +If multiple parameter changes are requested, +.B ip +aborts immediately after any of the changes have failed. +This is the only case when +.B ip +can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution +is to avoid changing several parameters with one +.B ip link set +call. + .TP .BI dev " DEVICE " .I DEVICE @@ -1245,18 +1257,6 @@ set the IPv6 address generation mode .BR "link-netnsid " set peer netnsid for a cross-netns interface -.PP -.B Warning: -If multiple parameter changes are requested, -.B ip -aborts immediately after any of the changes have failed. -This is the only case when -.B ip -can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution -is to avoid changing several parameters with one -.B ip link set -call. - .SS ip link show - display device attributes .TP