RFC 6241, "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", June 2011

Errata ID: 4066
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Andy Bierman
Date Reported: 2014-07-30
Verifier Name: Benoit Claise
Date Verified: 2014-09-22

Section 7.2 says:

If the "operation" attribute is not specified, the
configuration is merged into the configuration datastore.

It should say:

If the "operation" attribute is not specified, then the 
operation applied to the parent data node of the configuration
is used. If no parent data node is available, then the value of 
the <default-operation> parameter is used.  If the 
<default-operation> parameter is not given, the configuration 
is merged into the configuration datastore.

Notes:

sentence in para 6 is not correct.
The default-operation value is used, not the value "merge".

Discussion on the NETCONF mailing list. See http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/netconf/current/msg09169.html

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