netdev - [iproute PATCH 4/6] ip-link.8: Place 'ip link set' warning more prominently

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Message-Id: <1468056170-6056-5-git-send-email-phil@nwl.cc>
Date:	Sat,  9 Jul 2016 11:22:48 +0200
From:	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [iproute PATCH 4/6] ip-link.8: Place 'ip link set' warning more prominently

This moves the warning to the beginning of the section about 'ip link
set' which makes it still stand out after adding more text to it's end.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
 man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 4fc5f3c6257e5..2678d37df7478 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -1015,6 +1015,18 @@ specifies the type of the device.
 
 .SS ip link set - change device attributes
 
+.PP
+.B Warning:
+If multiple parameter changes are requested,
+.B ip
+aborts immediately after any of the changes have failed.
+This is the only case when
+.B ip
+can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution
+is to avoid changing several parameters with one
+.B ip link set
+call.
+
 .TP
 .BI dev " DEVICE "
 .I DEVICE
@@ -1235,18 +1247,6 @@ set the IPv6 address generation mode
 .BR "link-netnsid "
 set peer netnsid for a cross-netns interface
 
-.PP
-.B Warning:
-If multiple parameter changes are requested,
-.B ip
-aborts immediately after any of the changes have failed.
-This is the only case when
-.B ip
-can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution
-is to avoid changing several parameters with one
-.B ip link set
-call.
-
 .SS  ip link show - display device attributes
 
 .TP
-- 
2.8.2