Re: [RFC PATCH] netconsole.txt: "nc" needs "-p" to specify the listening port

[Dirk Gouders]

Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:24:53AM +0200, Dirk Gouders wrote:
>> Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Dirk Gouders
>> > <gouders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Hi Jesse,
>> >>
>> >> I would like to ask you to check if the documentation of "nc" in
>> >> netconsole.txt is still correct.  I tried two different netcat packages
>> >> and both require "-p" to specify the listening port.  I am wondering if
>> >> that changed after the use of "nc" has been documented.
>> >
>> > On Fedora 16, `nc -u -l <port number>` works fine.
>> 
>> Thanks for checking that.
>> 
>> If the information I found is correct, Fedora uses OpenBSD's nc
>> codebase.  The two netcat packages I tested on a Gentoo system differ in
>> requiring the -p switch for the port specification.
>
> So say exactly that in the doc: that the *BSD's version of nc doesn't
> need the port number specified with '-p' and you're covered.

OK, I tried that in the attached patch.
I'm not sure if every exeption needs to/should be documented, though.

Dirk