git: c22076b52839 - main - man: Remove obsolete info from hosts man page

Warner Losh imp at FreeBSD.org
Thu Mar 11 18:48:38 UTC 2021


The branch main has been updated by imp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c22076b5283970908e74b3abece53efc4670e87d

commit c22076b5283970908e74b3abece53efc4670e87d
Author:     Warner Losh <imp at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-03-11 18:46:10 +0000
Commit:     Warner Losh <imp at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-03-11 18:46:10 +0000

    man: Remove obsolete info from hosts man page
    
    The NIC no longer provides a host database, and hasn't for quite some
    time. Remove that paragraph, it's not been relevant for many years. Also, hosts
    appeared in 4.1c, not 4.2, so correct that too.
    
    Noticed by: Henry Bent
---
 share/man/man5/hosts.5 | 16 +---------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
index 8b5dbaf3271c..d80c544b3644 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
@@ -64,20 +64,6 @@ These include addresses for the local interfaces that
 .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
 Network addresses are specified in the conventional
 ``.'' (dot) notation using the
 .Xr inet_addr 3
@@ -106,4 +92,4 @@ file resides in
 The
 .Nm
 file format appeared in
-.Bx 4.2 .
+.Bx 4.1c .


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