Backslash characters inside hostname.if cause it to differ from
parameters provided to ifconfig. Adding '-r' to eliminate the need to
escape '\' inside hostname.if (ssid/wpa key material). If this has
unintended consequences, I can provide a hostname.if man patch
(currently an un-documented "feature").
diff --git etc/netstart etc/netstart
index 8cfa7bbf9b9..4168d3634d1 100644
--- etc/netstart
+++ etc/netstart
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ ifstart() {
# Parse the hostname.if(5) file and fill _cmds array with interface
# configuration commands.
set -o noglob
- while IFS= read -- _line; do
+ while IFS= read -r -- _line; do
parse_hn_line $_line
done <$_hn
