wpa_cli man page / missing command / patch ready, what's next?

[Fehmi Noyan ISI]

> From: Fehmi Noyan ISI <fnoyanisi at yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-doc at freebsd.org" <freebsd-doc at freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 3:45 PM Subject: wpa_cli man page / missing command
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> As I pointed out in this forum thread,
> 
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/wpa_cli-man-page.53181/#post-298766
> 
>
the manual page for wpa_cli(8) does not include the definition for the 
"ping" command. The functionality exists, and wpa_cli(8) responds the 
"ping" requests.
> 
> /usr/src % wpa_cli ping  
> Selected interface 'wlan0'
> PONG
> 
> Same parameter/command is well documented in some wpa_cli ports found in several gnu/linux based OS'es.
> 
>
I acknowledge that wpa_cli -h | grep ping would yield the usage of ping
argument, but I wonder why this is not included in the man page.
> 
> Regards
> Fehmi
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On 09/27/2015 16:17, Fehmi Noyan ISI via freebsd-doc wrote:
> Hi,
> I found sometime on Sunday to add some bits into the current man page of the wpi_cli(8). 
> 
> Changes I have done;
> * Updated the SYNPOSIS section to reflect the command line options

> * Added OPTIONS section for the description of each command line option (such as -v, -a, -G, -g, -B)
> * Added other supported commands into the COMMANDS sections. I used wpa_cli_commands[] structure contained in the /contrib/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli.c file as my reference while adding new commands (I excluded commands that need special compile time options)> 
> There is a .diff file I generated against the wpa_cli.8 found in the "head", but not sure about the next step? 
> 
> Shall I create a bug report and submit the diff accordingly?
> Thanks in advance....
> 
> 
> From: Allan Jude <allanjude at freebsd.org>
> To: freebsd-doc at freebsd.org 
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 10:07 AM
> Subject: Re: wpa_cli man page / missing command / patch ready, what's next?>
>Yes, please create a PR and attach your diff to it. We'll try to get as
> many of these as we can committed during this weeks DevSummit.
>
> -- 
> Allan Jude

Hi there,

Bug report along with a patch has been submitted.


https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203406

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fehmi noyan isi