[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man5 be more specific about what /etc/protocols de...

[jschauma <jschauma%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/493f49262395
branches:  trunk
changeset: 372444:493f49262395
user:      jschauma <jschauma%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Nov 29 14:15:01 2022 +0000

description:
be more specific about what /etc/protocols describes

The reference to the "DARPA Internet" seems not quite up to date in 2022,
so moving that to the HISTORY section.

diffstat:

 share/man/man5/protocols.5 |  25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diffs (56 lines):

diff -r 9506de5b0172 -r 493f49262395 share/man/man5/protocols.5
--- a/share/man/man5/protocols.5        Mon Nov 28 19:32:45 2022 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man5/protocols.5        Tue Nov 29 14:15:01 2022 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: protocols.5,v 1.7 2003/08/07 10:31:17 agc Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: protocols.5,v 1.8 2022/11/29 14:15:01 jschauma Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)protocols.5        8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
 .\"
-.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dd November 27, 2022
 .Dt PROTOCOLS 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm protocols
-file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the
-.Tn DARPA
-Internet.  For each protocol a single line should be present
+file contains information regarding the assigned protocol numbers
+used by IPv4 and IPv6 to identify the next level protocol.
+For each protocol a single line should be present
 with the following information:
 .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
 official protocol name
@@ -68,10 +68,23 @@
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr getprotoent 3
+.Rs
+.%R RFC 2780
+.%D March 2000
+.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the \
+Internet Protocol and Related Headers"
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%R RFC 5237
+.%D February 2008
+.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field"
+.Re
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
 file format appeared in
-.Bx 4.2 .
+.Bx 4.2 ,
+describing the "known protocols used in the DARPA
+Internet".
 .Sh BUGS
 A name server should be used instead of a static file.