Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:15:50 +0100 From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" <rse@engelschall.com> To: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc network.subr Message-ID: <20041206191549.GA38708@engelschall.com> In-Reply-To: <20041206112604.GA5825@rogue.acs.lan> References: <200412052145.iB5LjbRD019745@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041206112604.GA5825@rogue.acs.lan>
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On Mon, Dec 06, 2004, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 09:45:37PM +0000, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> > pjd 2004-12-05 21:45:37 UTC
> >
> > FreeBSD src repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> > etc network.subr
> > Log:
> > 'all' argument for list_net_interfaces() is now unused, remove it.
>
> The 'all' argument is in 5-STABLE, and is therefore a public interface now.
> We may not use it at the moment, but not having it in 6.X (when *it* goes
> -stable) will be gratuitously breaking API for any third parties that may
> be using it. Please put it back.
Are you sure? I cannot see where this should be present in 5-STABLE
(RELENG_5)? Pawel added it just recently to CURRENT (HEAD)'s
network.subr in order to support the ifnet_rename() function. 5-STABLE's
network.subr doesn't contain this. I think you are intermixing this
with the fact that if list_net_interfaces() is called _without any_
arguments, it (still) does a similar thing than the removed "all". This
functionality was not touched here. Pawel just removed the explicit
"all" feature which had output a little bit more than the current
no-argument usage.
Ralf S. Engelschall
rse@engelschall.com
www.engelschall.com
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