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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man5 Retire the paragraph from 1983 that says this...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/c6af35a89712
branches:  trunk
changeset: 953544:c6af35a89712
user:      uwe <uwe%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Mar 12 10:00:32 2021 +0000

description:
Retire the paragraph from 1983 that says this file can be "created
from the official host data base maintained at the Network Information
Control Center (NIC)".  Suggested by Henry Bent.

diffstat:

 share/man/man5/hosts.5 |  15 +--------------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diffs (29 lines):

diff -r f4fd238ef029 -r c6af35a89712 share/man/man5/hosts.5
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5    Fri Mar 12 08:28:20 2021 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5    Fri Mar 12 10:00:32 2021 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.13 2003/08/07 10:31:17 agc Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.14 2021/03/12 10:00:32 uwe Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -81,19 +81,6 @@
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network.
 .Pp
-This file may be created from the official host
-data base maintained at the Network Information Control
-Center
-.Pq Tn NIC ,
-though local changes may be required
-to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
-and/or unknown hosts.  As the data base maintained at
-.Tn NIC
-is incomplete, use of the name server is recommended for
-sites on the
-.Tn DARPA
-Internet.
-.Pp
 As network addresses, both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are allowed.
 IPv4 addresses are specified in the conventional dot
 .Pq Dq \&.



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