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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #813734 +++ Created attachment 578311 [details] patch oh nping man page Description of problem: The man page of nping described --md option as "More Fragments" instead of --mf. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nmap-5.51-1.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: --- nping.1 2012-04-18 12:30:36.823507000 +0200 +++ nping.1.fixed 2012-04-18 12:31:17.085444000 +0200 @@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ Sets the Don\'t Fragment bit in sent packets\&. When an IP datagram has its DF flag set, intermediate devices are not allowed to fragment it so if it needs to travel across a network with a MTU smaller that datagram length the datagram will have to be dropped\&. Normally an ICMP Destination Unreachable message is generated and sent back to the sender\&. .RE .PP -\fB\-\-md\fR (More Fragments) .\" --mf (Nping option) +\fB\-\-mf\fR (More Fragments) .\" --mf (Nping option) .RS 4 Sets the More Fragments bit in sent packets\&. The MF flag is set to indicate the receiver that the current datagram is a fragment of some larger datagram\&. When set to zero it indicates that the current datagram is either the last fragment in the set or that it is the only fragment\&. .RE
Current package version in rhel7 is nmap-6.25-2.el7 which fails verification: # man nping | grep mf --mf : Set More Fragments flag. # man nping | grep md --md (More Fragments) .
verified for nmap-6.25-3.el7 # man nping | grep mf --mf : Set More Fragments flag. --mf (More Fragments) . # man nping | grep md
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