From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 12 00:13:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA03783 for current-outgoing; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA03772 Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:13:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0u7d3K-0003waC; Fri, 12 Apr 96 00:13 PDT Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA13603; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 07:13:52 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Paul Traina cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: feedback sought on proposed change to netstart In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:27:19 MST." <199604120527.WAA23125@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 07:13:52 +0000 Message-ID: <13601.829293232@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Currently /etc/netstart evaluates /etc/start_if. if the file exists, > and THEN does any standard ifconfig commands if defined. > > This seems very backwards and broken to me. Here's my justification: > Basic stuff can be done by executing the commands in sysconfig, just like > we always do. /etc/start_if. is for additional stuff or exceptions, > such as configuring aliases. When I made /etc/start_if. it was mostly for doing an slattach... We should probably have /etc/start_if. replace the normal ifconfig if it exists. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.