Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:50:18 GMT From: bw@desync.com To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/88119: [patch] partial matching for ifconfig Message-ID: <200510302250.j9UMoIW2099942@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/88119; it has been noted by GNATS. From: bw@desync.com To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/88119: [patch] partial matching for ifconfig Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:35:30 -0500 On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 09:18:22AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 07:26:58PM -0400, bw@desync.com wrote: > > True, fixed. > > I dislike this 'fix'. If the partial matching is going to be generally > useful, ifconfig needs to have a valid return status when it's run. I'll just point out that OpenBSD's ifconfig returns true when displaying interfaces by group. > I'm unwilling to commit this feature without it being activated by a flag. You've missed the point of the patch, anyway. I withdraw my PR. > -- Brooks bw.
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