Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:16:52 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.network src/etc/defaults rc.conf Message-ID: <19990707141652.K30024@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <199907071249.FAA31634@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Peter Wemm on Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 05:49:48AM -0700 References: <199907071249.FAA31634@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 05:49:48AM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> peter 1999/07/07 05:49:48 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> etc rc.network
> etc/defaults rc.conf
> Log:
> Do away with ${network_interfaces} in rc.conf. Just use `ifconfig -l` to
> get a list of interfaces, and then automatically configure them if
> ${ifconfig_${ifn}} or /etc/start_if.${ifn} exists.
>
> This makes it a lot easier to deal with machines that constantly change
> their network configuration as you can leave ifconfig settings for all
> the possible cards - just the ones that are present will be configured.
>
Cunning :)
Joe
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