retitle 676540 Manpage needs example
severity 676540 wishlist
thanks
> The following description from the current manpage:
> > for IPv6 only: since the textual representation from inet_ntop is
> > complicated to predict, a variant of addr is also tested which
^^^^
> > does not use the double colon abbreviation: each 16-byte chunk
> > expressed in the minimal nonzero number of hex digits (i.e. with
> > leading zeroes removed), the chunks being separated by colons as
> > is conventional.
>
> Does not appear to match the behavior as shown by tracing the
> execution of authbind.
>
> ...
>
> The first representation of an ipv6 address searched for has the
> 5th,6th and 7th 16 byte chunks collapsed and is represented as the
> minimal nonzero number of hex digits seperated by colons. This is an
> unexpected behavior and should be documented as a valid
> format. Additionally it would be nice if the manpage included at least
> one example of an appropriately formatted ipv6 byaddr filename.
You seem to have missed the word `also' in the description above. But
you are right that an example would be useful.
Ian.
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