Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:53:09 -0500 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ng_ether and vlan interfaces Message-ID: <AANLkTim%2Bht=PjU3cg2e8AzReqFDW8pw_e-i1RYT3M2P4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D5AAA28.50408@freebsd.org> References: <D275511D-0502-48ED-9186-EF4BF42B372E@gmail.com> <AANLkTi=bVv_M=2ShVos113Y6ROsJ3_M3Qp-wBP8=B=bH@mail.gmail.com> <4D5AAA28.50408@freebsd.org>
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Hi, On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrot= e: > changing it to '_' might be accceptable, =A0'.' is much like '/' in th > filesystem. > it is a separator. You can't have it in the name. > a patch that converted . to _ would be a nice idea. > please ensure that the man page is updated as well. > Doesn't FreeBSD care about kernel/userland backward interface compatibility at all ? ie. will all my scripts assuming '.' as a separator need to also check the FreeBSD version to use whatever path separator ? How would you do that with bare ngctl script, which cannot be really that evolved ? How do you deal with node in the wild already using '_' in their name ? Thanks, - Arnaud
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