> >Why? The same with creating gif-tunnel, now I need to invoke ifconfig > >twice, once for 'create' and once for other tunnel parameters, > >whereas for RELENG_6 this works: 'ifconfig gif0 create tunnel 1.1.1.1 > >2.2.2.2' > >This breaks existing setups/scripts. This is POLA issue. > >Why was it broken? > > I don't know why or how this has happened, however, given the complexity > of the command line grammar which ifconfig is expected to parse, our > choices are limited, unless someone(tm) is willing to come along and > implement a full parser in ifconfig.
It worked. Now it does not work. Someone(tm) made the change. We have the CVS. Isn't there such thing as responsibility for changes? A dichotomy will show us who did the change :-) Eugene Grosbein _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
