Subject: Bug#4360: bug in route man page

From: Juha Heinanen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 08:03:33 +0300

package: netbase
version: 2.04-1

man page route(8) has:

       route add 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0
              This  is  an  obscure one documented so people know
              how to do it. This sets all of the class D  (multi
              cast)  IP routes to go via "eth0". This is the cor
              rect normal configuration line with a  multicasting
              kernel.

the example is missing -net before 224.0.0.0.

lohi:~# route add 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0
route: netmask doesn't make sense with host route
Usage: route [-nNvee] [-FC] [Address_families]  List kernel routing
tables
       route {-V|--version}                  Display command version and
exit.
       route {-h|--help} [Address_family]    Usage Syntax for specified
AF.
       route [-v] [-FC] {add|del|flush} ...  Modify routing table for
AF.

  Address_families: inet,ddp,ipx,netrom,ax25
        specify AF: -A af1,af2..  or  --af1 --af2  or  af_route

-- juha

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From: [email-masked] (Bernd Eckenfels)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 19:53:33 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi,

> the example is missing -net before 224.0.0.0.

fixed in net-tools-1.33-alpha (upstream version, not yet released).

Greetings
Bernd