Brooks Davis wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > FWIW, I still use alias/-alias. Mainly because that's what has > > > existed historically, and the term "alias" is what is used in > > > reference to rc.conf ifconfig_iface_aliasX entries. > > > > Maybe it would make sense to remove "alias" from the rc.conf > > entries and simply number them. > > ipv4_addrs_<interface> is a much better replacement IMO. It's easy to > use and doesn't required the hackish pseudo array traversal used by > ifconfig_iface_aliasX.
That might work for simple cases, but how do you specify other parameters beside the IPs if you need to? I agree that the array traversal is somewhat hackish, but at least it works and provides a way to set all ifconfig parameters that you need. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, USt-Id: DE204219783 Any opinions expressed in this message are personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix GmbH & Co KG in any way. FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." -- Robert Firth _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
