[Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] Verbosity reduction. IPv6 can be taken for granted now.

[Eric S. Raymond]

Eric S. Raymond pushed to branch master at NTPsec / ntpsec


Commits:
23de9eca by Eric S. Raymond at 2016-12-24T13:25:47-05:00
Verbosity reduction.  IPv6 can be taken for granted now.

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1 changed file:

- ntpd/ntp.conf-man.txt


Changes:

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ntpd/ntp.conf-man.txt
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--- a/ntpd/ntp.conf-man.txt
+++ b/ntpd/ntp.conf-man.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the options used to control it:
 Following these is a section describing 'Miscellaneous Options'.
 While there is a rich set of options available, the only required
 option is one or more `pool`, `server`, `peer`, or `broadcast`
-commansds.
+commands.
 
 == Configuration Support ==
 
@@ -54,25 +54,11 @@ variables that control various related operations.
 
 === Association Commands ===
 
-The various modes are determined by the command keyword and the type
-of the required IP address. Addresses are classed by type as (s) a
-remote server or peer (IPv4 class A, B and C), (b) the broadcast
-address of a local interface.
-
-Note that only those options applicable to each command are listed
-below. Use of options not listed may not be caught as an error, but
-may result in some weird and even destructive behavior.
-
-If the Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6 (RFC 2553) is
-detected, support for the IPv6 address family is generated in addition
-to the default support of the IPv4 address family. In a few cases,
-including the reslist billboard generated by ntpq, IPv6 addresses are
-automatically generated. IPv6 addresses can be identified by the
-presence of colons ":" in the address field. IPv6 addresses can
-be used almost everywhere where IPv4 addresses can be used, with the
-exception of reference clock addresses, which are always IPv4.
-
-Note that in contexts where a host name is expected, a `-4`or `--ipv4`
+Only those options applicable to each command are listed below. Use of
+options not listed may not be caught as an error, but may result in
+some weird and even destructive behavior.
+
+In contexts where a host name is expected, a `-4`or `--ipv4`
 qualifier preceding the host name forces DNS resolution to the IPv4
 namespace, while a `-6` or `--ipv6' qualifier forces DNS resolution to
 the IPv6 namespace. See IPv6 references for the equivalent classes for



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