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Message-ID: <20251220173827.5bc4e2b2@phoenix.local>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:38:27 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 2/2] man: explain rt_tables.d and rt_protos.d
 directories

On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:45:47 +0900
Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@...hat.com>
> ---
>  man/man8/ip-route.8.in | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
> index aafa6d98..d30285a4 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
> +++ b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
> @@ -1474,6 +1474,20 @@ ip route add 10.1.1.0/30 nhid 10
>  .RS 4
>  Adds an ipv4 route using nexthop object with id 10.
>  .RE
> +
> +.SH FILES
> +.BR *.conf
> +files under
> +.BR @SYSCONF_USR_DIR@..._tables.d " or " @SYSCONF_ETC_DIR@..._tables.d
> +are also read in addition to
> +.BR @SYSCONF_USR_DIR@..._tables " or " @SYSCONF_ETC_DIR@..._tables "."
> +
> +.BR *.conf
> +files under
> +.BR @SYSCONF_USR_DIR@..._protos.d " or " @SYSCONF_ETC_DIR@..._protos.d
> +are also read in addition to
> +.BR @SYSCONF_USR_DIR@..._protos " or " @SYSCONF_ETC_DIR@..._protos "."
> +
>  .SH SEE ALSO
>  .br
>  .BR ip (8)

This results in the same paragraph twice??

FILES
       *.conf     files      under      /usr/share/iproute2/rt_tables.d      or
       /etc/iproute2/rt_tables.d    are    also    read    in    addition    to
       /usr/share/iproute2/rt_tables or /etc/iproute2/rt_tables.

       *.conf     files      under      /usr/share/iproute2/rt_protos.d      or
       /etc/iproute2/rt_protos.d    are    also    read    in    addition    to
       /usr/share/iproute2/rt_protos or /etc/iproute2/rt_protos.