Re: [PATCH 0/2] man7/ip.7: Clarify PKTINFO's docs

[dzwdz]

On 11/18/25 14:51, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Do you suggest moving each socket option to a manual page under
> man2const/?  I think I agree with that.  There's precedent, and it makes
> the pages more readable.

In general - yes, definitely!

However, struct in_pktinfo can be passed to sendmsg even if IP_PKTINFO 
isn't set, so I don't think it would make sense to document it in e.g. 
IP_PKTINFO(2const) - it should probably get its own manpage in man2type.
That option, in turn, only makes sense in the context of that struct, so 
I think it should probably be documented in in_pktinfo(2type).

This would /kinda/ be like how e.g. PA_INT(3const) points to 
printf.h(3head), I guess?

I'd be happy to try writing that manpage if you think this approach 
makes sense :)

Thanks,
dzwdz

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