On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 08:54:02PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2022/02/22 17:45, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 04:49:08PM +0100, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > It looks to me that the -Y option is used to specify the destination
> > > to which to send synchronisation messages (not where to receive them,
> > > this is -y).
> > > 
> > 
> > hi.
> > 
> > i've never used -Yy so may be wrong, but i think the text is trying to
> > say that synctarget receives the messages (so the messages are sent to
> > it). i don;t think it's wrong. but, well, i may be wrong ;)
> > 
> > jmc
> > 
> > > Index: dhcpd.8
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/OpenBSD/src/usr.sbin/dhcpd/dhcpd.8,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.29
> > > diff -u -p -u -r1.29 dhcpd.8
> > > --- dhcpd.8       29 Aug 2017 08:20:18 -0000      1.29
> > > +++ dhcpd.8       22 Feb 2022 15:45:20 -0000
> > > @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ the limited broadcast address (255.255.2
> > >  .It Fl Y Ar synctarget
> > >  Add target
> > >  .Ar synctarget
> > > -to receive synchronisation messages.
> > > +to send synchronisation messages.
> > >  .Ar synctarget
> > >  can be either an IPv4 address for unicast messages
> > >  or a network interface name followed optionally by a colon and a numeric 
> > > TTL
> 
> I understand the existing wording but it is a little awkward.
> I don't think the direct s/receive/send/ change helps though.
> Maybe this or something like it instead?
> 
> Send synchronisation messages to
> .Ar synctarget .
> This can be either a destination IPv4 address for unicast messages
> or a network interface name followed optionally by a colon and a numeric TTL
> [...]
> 

yeah, that probably is clearer.
jmc

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