libmodbus version

3.1.6

OS and/or distribution

Linux Gentoo

Environment

All (documentation)

Description

libmodbus 3.1.6 on Linux does not install the NEWS and AUTHORS files as part of it's installed documentation (in /usr/share/doc/libmodbus-3.1.6/). This is a problem because they may be needed, and are referred to from other files which are installed in that di

In the README, since #2298, there has been this wording:

If the above configuration file is being used as a basis, be sure to update it with the hostname of the deployment (this should be the fully qualified domain name of the system).

Yet, in the walk-through for [how to authenticate an agent to communicate with VOLTTRON platform](https://volttron.readthedocs.io/en/develop/devguides/walk

From section 6.11 of MODBUS Application Protocol Specification V1.1b3:

The Request PDU speficies the coil references to be forced. Coils are addressed at zero. Therefore coil numbered 1 is addressed as 0.