oops - lines in these files are indeed restricted to 1024 chars, as

spotted by fgsch@; and it is indeed BUFSIZ, not BUFSIZE, as spotted
by Jared Yanovich;

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/ethers.5 b/share/man/man5/ethers.5
index 7deafd834c4..1c6d599ffc7 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/ethers.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/ethers.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ethers.5,v 1.15 2003/10/26 19:45:36 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ethers.5,v 1.16 2003/10/28 15:11:37 jmc Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: ethers.5,v 1.2 1994/11/30 19:31:16 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\"     Written by Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>.  Public domain.
@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ file format was adopted from SunOS and appeared in
 0.9b.
 .Sh BUGS
 A name server should be used instead of a static file.
+.Pp
+Lines in
+.Pa /etc/ethers
+are limited to
+.Dv BUFSIZ
+characters
+.Pq currently 1024 .
+Longer lines will be ignored.
diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
index 327ca4eeacf..25daf7cb043 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: hosts.5,v 1.15 2003/10/26 19:45:36 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: hosts.5,v 1.16 2003/10/28 15:11:37 jmc Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.4 1994/11/30 19:31:20 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -113,3 +113,11 @@ file format appeared in
 .Bx 4.2 .
 .Sh BUGS
 A name server should be used instead of a static file.
+.Pp
+Lines in
+.Pa /etc/hosts
+are limited to
+.Dv BUFSIZ
+characters
+.Pq currently 1024 .
+Longer lines will be ignored.