NetBSD Problem Report #40057

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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:15:50 +0300
From: Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru>
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Subject: tcpdump -w should document what packets are saved

>Number:         40057
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       tcpdump(1) should document what packets are saved when using -w
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    jnemeth
>State:          closed
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 28 17:20:00 +0000 2008
>Closed-Date:    Mon Feb 09 01:40:21 +0000 2015
>Last-Modified:  Mon Feb 09 01:40:21 +0000 2015
>Originator:     Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru>
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.01
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD asau.local 5.99.01 NetBSD 5.99.01 (KERN) #0: Wed Nov 5 20:10:09 MSK 2008 asau@asau.local:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/KERN i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
	tcpdump(1) reads:

	-w    Write the raw packets to file rather than parsing  and  printing
              them  out.

	Experience shows that those packets are ethernet frames for ethernet
	interfaces. It would be nice to clarify that in the manual page.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Read the man page. Wonder, what those packets are.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca (John Nemeth)
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, misc-bug-people@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/40057: tcpdump -w should document what packets are saved
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:39:12 -0800

 On Mar 16,  5:27am, Aleksej Saushev wrote:
 }
 } >Number:         40057
 } >Synopsis:       tcpdump(1) should document what packets are saved when using -w
 } >Originator:     Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru>
 } >Release:        NetBSD 5.99.01
 } >Organization:
 } >Environment:
 } System: NetBSD asau.local 5.99.01 NetBSD 5.99.01 (KERN) #0: Wed Nov 5 20:10:09 MSK 2008 asau@asau.local:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/KERN i386
 } Architecture: i386
 } Machine: i386
 } >Description:
 } 	tcpdump(1) reads:
 } 
 } 	-w    Write the raw packets to file rather than parsing  and  printing
 }               them  out.
 } 
 } 	Experience shows that those packets are ethernet frames for ethernet
 } 	interfaces. It would be nice to clarify that in the manual page.

      What does it store if you use -y to specify a linktype (i.e.
 IEEE80211)?

 } >How-To-Repeat:
 } 	Read the man page. Wonder, what those packets are.
 } 
 }-- End of excerpt from Aleksej Saushev

Responsible-Changed-From-To: misc-bug-people->jnemeth
Responsible-Changed-By: jnemeth@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:16:36 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
I'm handling it.  Patch applied to head.  Will request pullups next week.


State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: jnemeth@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:17:54 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Whoops, can't keep track of these things.  No patches applied.  Have asked
originator a question.


From: Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen@iki.fi>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/40057
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 23:17:59 +0300

 If you specify IEEE80211, it stores (also) IEEE80211. So this is basically
 invalid and should perhaps be closed.

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->open
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:13:25 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Feedback supplied, back in May.


State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: jnemeth@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:40:07 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Asked a question.  The current version of the manpage is more verbose.


From: jnemeth@CornerstoneService.ca (John Nemeth)
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/40057 - tcpdump manpage
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:39:09 -0800

      The current version (NetBSD 6.99.7) says:

        -w     Write the raw packets to file rather than parsing  and  printing
               them  out.  They can later be printed with the -r option.  Stan-
               dard output is used if file is ``-''.  See pcap-savefile(5)  for
               a description of the file format.

 Does this answer your question?

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 01:40:21 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Two-year feedback timeout, fixed in HEAD.


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