Subject: bin/14724: traceroute.8 missing description of -q option
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <paul@whooppee.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/25/2001 17:42:32
>Number:         14724
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       traceroute.8 missing description of -q option
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 25 17:43:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Goyette
>Release:        Approximately 01 Oct 2001
>Organization:
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>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD pc1.whooppee.com 1.5X NetBSD 1.5X (PC1) #17: Wed Aug 15 10:40:34 PDT 2001 paul@pc1.whooppee.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PC1 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
	Although the -q option is listed in the synopsis section, and it
	is referenced in the text following the description of each option,
	there is no description of the option itself.

>How-To-Repeat:
	man traceroute
>Fix:
diff -c -r1.13 traceroute.8
*** traceroute.8        2001/11/04 23:14:35     1.13
--- traceroute.8        2001/11/26 01:36:11
***************
*** 150,155 ****
--- 150,159 ----
  Set the "don't fragment" bit, and use the next hop mtu each time we get
  the "need fragmentation" error, thus probing the path MTU.
  .TP
+ .B \-q
+ Set the number of probe packets sent for each hop.  By default, traceroute
+ sends three probe packets.
+ .TP
  .B \-r
  Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached
  network.

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