Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:41:44 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc network.subr src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/share/man/man5 rc.conf.5 Message-ID: <20060413104144.GC16295@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200604130650.k3D6olUu032562@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200604130650.k3D6olUu032562@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 06:50:47AM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
> brooks 2006-04-13 06:50:47 UTC
>=20
> FreeBSD src repository
>=20
> Modified files:
> etc network.subr=20
> etc/defaults rc.conf=20
> share/man/man5 rc.conf.5=20
> Log:
> Commit the various network interface configutation updates I've been
> working on.
> 1) Make it possible to configure interfaces with certain characters in
> their names that aren't valid in shell variables. Currently suppo=
rted
> characters are ".-/+". They are converted into '_' characters.
> 2) Replace nearly all eval statements in network.subr with a new
> function get_if_var which substitues an interface name (after the
> translations above) for "IF" in a variable name.
> 3) Fix list_net_interfaces() in the nodhcp case.
> 4) Allow the administrator to specify if dhclient should be started
> when /etc/rc.d/netif configures the interface or only by devd.
> This can be set on both a per interface and system wide basis.
> | @@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ nisdomainname=3D"NO" # Set to NIS domain=20
> | dhclient_program=3D"/sbin/dhclient" # Path to dhcp client program.
> | dhclient_flags=3D"" # Additional flags to pass to dhcp client.
> | background_dhclient=3D"NO" # Start dhcp client in the background.
> | +syncronous_dhclient=3D"YES" # Start dhclient directly on configured
> | + # interfaces during startup.
I had planned to be more tactful, but this made me smile:
% dict syncronous
1 definition found
=46rom The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
syncronous
=20
<spelling> It's spelled "{synchronous}".
=20
(1996-12-13)
=20
=20
Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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