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Date:      Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:32:43 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@la.best.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gratuitous name changes (was: libalias and ident) 
Message-ID:  <98821.916471963@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:59:51 GMT." <199901140859.IAA44254@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> 

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> If libalias changes to libnat, I'd prefer to just change the ppp flag 
> to -nat, update the ppp version to 2.1 and update 

You would change it, and you'd only document -nat, but you'd still
preserve -alias as a synonym for it (for at least a year or so)
because otherwise:

> But this isn't necessarily a good idea as it may attract a pile of 
> ``why the hell did you break my configuration for no good reason'' 
> messages.

That will happen. :)

- Jordan

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