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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 1995 12:10:52 +0800 (CST)
From:      Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
To:        Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
Cc:        FREEBSD-HACKERS-L <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Minor nits about bindist... 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.950613120745.776A-100000@aries>
In-Reply-To: <95Jun12.112240pdt.49859@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>

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On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Bill Fenner wrote:
> 
> My machine has two IP addresses.  Which one do I put in $ipaddr?

    The first modification I made doesn't support that (as Rodney
pointed out).  All my machines answer on only one IP address on a
single interface, so I didn't take any special considerations for
multihomed hosts.

> I might go for
> 
> ipaddr_ed0="13.0.208.200"
> ipaddr_de0="192.168.128.1"

    Yes, this is "expanded" version I sent to Rodney for his perusal.
It fits in quite nicely with the $blah_${if_name} convention used
elsewhere in /etc/netstart, although I haven't been able to try it out
on my own systems.

> and I do think that the multicast route should use an IP address
> instead of a name, as you might want your multicast route to point out
> a different interface than your primary name.  But I also think it's
> definitely 2.1 material.

    Yeah, it's a little late for 2.0.5 now.  ;-)
-- 
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org




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