From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 7 19:00:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 454ED1065676 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2493A8FC20 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:00:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pA7J0M5r016912 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:00:22 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pA7J0MiW016911; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:00:22 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:00:22 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201111071900.pA7J0MiW016911@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, moritz@wzff.de Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71531065672 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 18:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@phallus.wzff.de) Received: from wzff.de (phallus.wzff.de [176.9.47.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C1518FC18 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 18:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from phallus.wzff.de ([127.0.1.1]) by wzff.de (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pA7H9alY025857 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 17:09:36 GMT (envelope-from root@phallus.wzff.de) Received: (from root@localhost) by phallus.wzff.de (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pA7H9afH025856; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 17:09:36 GMT (envelope-from root) Message-Id: <201111071709.pA7H9afH025856@phallus.wzff.de> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 17:09:36 GMT From: moritz@wzff.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: docs/162354: Improve wording in rc.conf(5) regarding network-interfaces. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:00:23 -0000 >Number: 162354 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Improve wording in rc.conf(5) regarding network-interfaces. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Nov 07 19:00:22 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Moritz Wilhelmy >Release: FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 amd64 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: According to rc.conf(5), ifconfig__alias is deprecated, because it fails if is not continuously increasing (i.e. if a number is missing, the rc-scripts abort the search for bigger values of .) It isn't specified what should be used instead; I guessed ipv4_addrs_, but Marco Steinbach brought /etc/start_if. to my attention, which is mentioned in the same paragraph. This is confusing. Could someone please clarify which one of these is supposed to be used in place of the deprecated ifconfig__alias, especially since ipv4_addrs_ seems not to have an equivalent ipv6_* variable? >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: