Re: ifconfig accepting hostname as ipv4 address

2012-06-08 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Thursday 07 June 2012 17:00:04 Alexander V. Chernikov wrote: > Hello list! > > Since the early days ifconfig(8) has the following functionality: [hostname in place of literal address] > Moreover, ifconfig em0 some_valid_fqdn/MASK silently ignores it, so you > can't set valid CIDR address using

Re: ifconfig accepting hostname as ipv4 address

2012-06-08 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Friday 08 June 2012 09:43:25 Alexander V. Chernikov wrote: > On 08.06.2012 11:20, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > > On Thursday 07 June 2012 17:00:04 Alexander V. Chernikov wrote: > >> Hello list! > >> > >> Since the early days ifconfig(8) has the following funct