Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:53:14 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mib.c Message-ID: <199901260753.XAA15165@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 08:51:53 %2B0100." <24350.917337113@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> In message <199901260101.RAA08921@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon writes: > >: > >:> 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. > > Why doesn't bootp set the hostname in the first place ? If not supplied > a reverse DNS should be done... What I said. 8) -- \\ 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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