Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:39:35 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, koitsu@FreeBSD.ORG, kevin@insidesystems.net, brooks@FreeBSD.ORG, joao@matik.com.br Subject: Re: Desired behaviour of "ifconfig -alias" Message-ID: <200702121739.l1CHdZPO062101@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20070212163652.GA51709@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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Brooks Davis wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > FWIW, I still use alias/-alias. Mainly because that's what has > > > existed historically, and the term "alias" is what is used in > > > reference to rc.conf ifconfig_iface_aliasX entries. > > > > Maybe it would make sense to remove "alias" from the rc.conf > > entries and simply number them. > > ipv4_addrs_<interface> is a much better replacement IMO. It's easy to > use and doesn't required the hackish pseudo array traversal used by > ifconfig_iface_aliasX. That might work for simple cases, but how do you specify other parameters beside the IPs if you need to? I agree that the array traversal is somewhat hackish, but at least it works and provides a way to set all ifconfig parameters that you need. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, USt-Id: DE204219783 Any opinions expressed in this message are personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix GmbH & Co KG in any way. FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." -- Robert Firth
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