From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Dec 29 10:40:03 1995 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA05415 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 10:40:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA05399 Fri, 29 Dec 1995 10:40:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 10:40:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199512291840.KAA05399@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Subject: bin/918: ifconfig shows (first?) alias if interface has aliases Reply-To: "Garrett A. Wollman" Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/918; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Garrett A. Wollman" To: hsu@clinet.fi Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/918: ifconfig shows (first?) alias if interface has aliases Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 13:39:07 -0500 < said: > There doesn't seem to be any way to correctly display > aliases, and ifconfig shows alias addresses instead of the > "main" address. There is no such distinction. All the addresses attached to an interface are just that: addresses attached to an interface. The first one displayed just happens to be the first one in the linked list of addresses hanging off the interface structure. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant