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Date:      Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:23:03 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r228457 - head/share/man/man5
Message-ID:  <201112130823.pBD8N3LR039968@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: ru
Date: Tue Dec 13 08:23:03 2011
New Revision: 228457
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/228457

Log:
  The "inet" keyword in the "ifconfig_IF_aliasN" is mandatory for
  IPv4 aliases to work since network.subr@197139.
  
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5

Modified: head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	Tue Dec 13 07:13:48 2011	(r228456)
+++ head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	Tue Dec 13 08:23:03 2011	(r228457)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 23, 2011
+.Dd December 13, 2011
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1101,7 +1101,9 @@ ipv4_addrs_ed0="192.0.2.129/27 192.0.2.1
 .Pp
 It is also possible to add IP alias entries using
 .Xr ifconfig 8
-syntax.
+syntax with the
+.Dq Li inet
+keyword.
 Assuming that the interface in question was
 .Li ed0 ,
 it might look
@@ -1114,7 +1116,9 @@ ifconfig_ed0_alias1="inet 127.0.0.254 ne
 And so on.
 For each
 .Va ifconfig_ Ns Ao Ar interface Ac Ns Va _alias Ns Aq Ar n
-entry that is found,
+entry with the
+.Dq Li inet
+keyword that is found,
 its contents are passed to
 .Xr ifconfig 8 .
 Execution stops at the first unsuccessful access, so if



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