Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Wed Jan 28 16:47:00 UTC 2015
Modified Files:
src/external/bsd/blacklist/bin: blacklistctl.8
Log Message:
explain why nfail > maxfail in the report.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 src/external/bsd/blacklist/bin/blacklistctl.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/external/bsd/blacklist/bin/blacklistctl.8
diff -u src/external/bsd/blacklist/bin/blacklistctl.8:1.5 src/external/bsd/blacklist/bin/blacklistctl.8:1.6
--- src/external/bsd/blacklist/bin/blacklistctl.8:1.5 Sun Jan 25 23:12:46 2015
+++ src/external/bsd/blacklist/bin/blacklistctl.8 Wed Jan 28 11:47:00 2015
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: blacklistctl.8,v 1.5 2015/01/26 04:12:46 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: blacklistctl.8,v 1.6 2015/01/28 16:47:00 christos Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2015 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 25, 2015
+.Dd January 28, 2015
.Dt BLACKLISTCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ flag, makes the display wide enough for
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr blacklistd 8
+.Sh NOTES
+Sometimes the reported number of failed attempts can exceed the number
+of attempts that
+.Xr blacklistd 8
+is configured to block.
+This can happen either because the rule has been removed manually, or
+because there were more attempts in flight while the rule block was being
+added.
+This condition is normal; in that case
+.Xr blacklistd 8
+will first attempt to remove the existing rule, and then it will re-add
+it to make sure that there is only one rule active.
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
appeared in
