Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:36:52 -0600 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.ORG> 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: <20070212163652.GA51709@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <200702121622.l1CGMMNV048700@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20070212153616.GA38483@icarus.home.lan> <200702121622.l1CGMMNV048700@lurza.secnetix.de>
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--KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 05:22:22PM +0100, 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. >=20 > 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. -- Brooks --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF0JekXY6L6fI4GtQRAoATAJ4gbcC0ZtnipeA7Y6CCVwNfYpqlBwCeK1bM bNWLSmcMOpJ68lI7CHAD4fE= =rhVI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy--
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