Bug 21758

Summary:	iproute is lacking the man page for the /sbin/ip aplication.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Miguel Sousa Filipe <miguel.filipe>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Miguel Sousa Filipe 2003-05-27 05:48:05 UTC

/sbin/ip is a complex aplication for managing network configuration, from
devices, to routing tables, tunnels, and much more that I don't even know.

iproute privides this command, but does not provide the man page for it.
Has in all decent UNIX systems, there should be a man page (and a good one
preferably) for each command, we should provide such a man page, for it is quite
important to have documentation of such a "big" aplication such has this one.

TIA, good work gentoo developers

Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-27 07:17:07 UTC

Hmmm, I think the Debian man page covers it pretty well:

"This  program  does  not have a useful manpage.  When a manpage becomes
available it will be included.  If you are  a  competent  and  accurate
writer  and  are  willing to spend the time reading the source code and
writing good manpages please write a better man  page  than  this  one.
Please  contact the package maintainer in order to avoid several people
working on the same manpage."

Comment 2 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-12 07:09:50 UTC

if anyone is willing, please write one; else close the bug :/

Comment 3 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-24 05:51:26 UTC

closing - not too many people on the docs team are current in their manpage writing.

Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-25 09:42:05 UTC

Why did this one reopen?