Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:00:26 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c Message-ID: <200002271400.OAA03476@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> of "Sat, 26 Feb 2000 23:29:39 EST." <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000226232108.4502A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Brian Somers wrote: > > > > rwatson 2000/02/26 10:55:41 PST > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c > > > Log: > > > Introduce ``add'' and ``remove'' as alternatives to ``alias'' and ``delete''. > > > Improve compatibility with BSD/OS, and also more accurately reflect that > > > IP aliases aren't really any different than the primary IP address on an > > > interface. > > > > Except that the primary interface address will be used for outgoing > > Actually, that's not correct. There's a best-match search going on here [.....] Right, but it's still being done on a first-match basis, making address assignment ordering important. I was just saying that they're ``a bit different'' :-) -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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