On 15.02.2011, at 18:53, Arnaud Lacombe <lacom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Julian Elischer <jul...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> changing it to '_' might be accceptable, '.' 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
I'm actually thinking on doing the check and replacement of dots in ng_ether, so it won't affect other netgraph consumers. Regards, Nikolay _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
