Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:37:41 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax Message-ID: <20050925213741.GG15981@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050922104104.GA13539@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20050922104104.GA13539@comp.chem.msu.su>
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--AGZzQgpsuUlWC1xT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 02:41:05PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > Hi folks, >=20 > As our ifconfig(8) is growing more options for special interface > types, inconsistencies sneak into their syntax. In particular, > -vlandev takes a useless argument (vlan(4) cannot attach to more > than one parent anyway) while, e.g., -carpdev doesn't need one. > Personally, I like the latter since having to type unneeded words > on the command line annoys me. Do you think that making -vlandev > need no arguments in CURRENT would break many existing things? I agree the argument is useless. Unfortunatly, it's going to be hard to deprecate the old syntax so we may need to keep it around. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --AGZzQgpsuUlWC1xT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDNxijXY6L6fI4GtQRAnjPAKCo5Lcv8mtoS2NOCL1UKGl5urnPAgCggrVp K7C1eiGDSBgnvE+42mar5X8= =8Fky -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AGZzQgpsuUlWC1xT--
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