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authorMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2018-10-20 01:31:18 +0200
committerMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2018-10-20 01:31:18 +0200
commitb4885f208ba690090952c0ae0452dd5bc2ba0601 (patch)
tree5c8af02da4543f7132b9bad45711a3a65e620d0d /man/nmcli.xml
parent142485af41b7cf7b0060cc682a56d3ff38cabbb6 (diff)
parent6518e361171f64bcaaa4bf868139362ed95cc2e0 (diff)
Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/1.14.2'
Update to upstream version '1.14.2'
with Debian dir c118292f450ace1133a5dba2777cbeb54977dbe8
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@@ -1281,6 +1281,11 @@
           that will be activated. It will also consider connections that are not set to
           auto connect.</para>
 
+          <para>If no compatible connection exists, a new profile with default
+          settings will be created and activated. This differentiates
+          <command>nmcli connection up ifname "$DEVICE"</command> from
+          <command>nmcli device connect "$DEVICE"</command></para>
+
           <para>If <option>--wait</option> option is not specified, the default timeout will be 90
           seconds.</para>
         </listitem>