--- net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/ifconfig.8.addr_man	2006-03-30 12:32:56.000000000 +0200

+++ net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/ifconfig.8	2006-03-30 12:38:43.000000000 +0200

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@

 (Novell IPX) and

 .B netrom

 (AMPR Packet radio).

+All numbers supplied as parts in IPv4 dotted decimal notation may be decimal,

+octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the ISO C standard (that is, a leading 0x

+or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading '0' implies octal; otherwise,

+the number is interpreted as decimal). Use of hexamedial and octal numbers

+is not RFC-compliant and therefore its use is discouraged and may go away.

 .SH OPTIONS

 .TP

 .B interface