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authorTed Lemon <source@isc.org>1999-03-25 21:54:33 +0000
committerTed Lemon <source@isc.org>1999-03-25 21:54:33 +0000
commitea2ee1fd843c10f46ea1ac54e9c702a69ee9742e (patch)
treeedfb1900f220679a2e6bf0a4e5653948b8682cdd /client/dhclient.conf.5
parentaf6df788ab12563847dbb49e44f9e053dda94080 (diff)
downloadisc-dhcp-ea2ee1fd843c10f46ea1ac54e9c702a69ee9742e.tar.gz
Fix up documentation for append and prepend statements.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/client/dhclient.conf.5 b/client/dhclient.conf.5
index 10d887cc..13bd8228 100644
--- a/client/dhclient.conf.5
+++ b/client/dhclient.conf.5
@@ -236,14 +236,15 @@ statement.
.PP
\fBprepend [ \fIoption declaration\fR ] \fB;\fR
.PP
-If for some option the client should use both a value it
-supplies, and then any values supplied by
-the server, these values can be defined in the
+If for some set of options the client should use a value you
+supply, and then use the values supplied by
+the server, if any, these values can be defined in the
.B prepend
statement. The
.B prepend
statement can only be used for options which
-allow more than one value to be given.
+allow more than one value to be given. This restriction is not
+enforced - if you ignore it, the behaviour will be unpredictable.
.PP
.I The
.B append
@@ -251,14 +252,15 @@ allow more than one value to be given.
.PP
\fBappend [ \fIoption declaration\fR ] \fB;\fR
.PP
-If for some option the client should first any values supplied
-to it by the server, and then some values it supplies, those values
-should be defined in the
+If for some set of options the client should first use the values
+supplied by the server, if any, and then use values you supply, these
+values can be defined in the
.B append
statement. The
.B append
statement can only be used for options which
-allow more than one value to be given.
+allow more than one value to be given. This restriction is not
+enforced - if you ignore it, the behaviour will be unpredictable.
.SH LEASE DECLARATIONS
.PP
.I The