Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 04:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@sunbay.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/21695: ifconfig_XXX_aliasY in rc.conf; Y must be in sequential order Message-ID: <200010021120.EAA33001@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/21695; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@sunbay.com> To: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/21695: ifconfig_XXX_aliasY in rc.conf; Y must be in sequential order Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:16:57 +0300 On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 03:20:05AM -0700, Pekka Savola wrote: > The following reply was made to PR conf/21695; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> > To: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org> > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: conf/21695: ifconfig_XXX_aliasY in rc.conf; Y must be in sequential > order > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 13:18:29 +0300 (EEST) > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 pekkas@netcore.fi wrote: > > > > > >Synopsis: ifconfig_XXX_aliasY in rc.conf; Y must be in sequential order > > > > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > Put the following in rc.conf: > > > > > > ifconfig_fxp0="inet x.y.129.194 netmask 255.255.255.240" > > > ifconfig_fxp0_alias0="inet x.y.129.195 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > > #ifconfig_fxp0_alias1="inet x.y.129.196 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > > ifconfig_fxp0_alias2="inet x.y.129.198 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > > > > > alias2 will not be configured. > > > > > > > Is this a problem or just something you noticed? This behaviour is > > documented in rc.conf(5). > > Well, both. :-) > > Actually I hadn't noticed there was a man page about rc.conf earlier, so I > just noticed it now. > > Nevertheless, even though it's documented, this would seem to be like a > thing that should just plain work :-) > Hmm, how would you expect it to work? rc.network scanning all possible ifconfig_<iface>_alias<n>, where n is from 0 to infinity? I doubt this would be practical. -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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