Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:58:37 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mib.c Message-ID: <199901260458.UAA13967@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 17:01:41 PST." <199901260101.RAA08921@apollo.backplane.com>
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> : > :> Do people have any objections to running ifconfig and route inside > :> /etc/rc.conf to 'calculate' a machine-specific rc.conf.local path ? > : > :I do - I like the fact that rc.conf is a "passive" mechanism and can > :be included multiple times (or trivially overridden in rc.conf.local) > :since it only defines variables and has no other "side effects." > : > :- Jordan > > What if we added a sysctl variable to the diskless subsection to make > the IP address more readily accessible. Then rc.conf would only have to > run a sysctl ( which should be acceptable ). That would avoid having > to run route and ifconfig. This is silly. You already have the system's hostname (both bootp and DHCP can give you a hostname). Use `hostname` if you need a machine-specific identifier. Don't go making life hard for yourself. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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