atom feed57 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-stableDesired behaviour of "ifconfig -alias"
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Kevin WayFeb 9, 2007 9:35 pm 
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Subject:Desired behaviour of "ifconfig -alias"
From:Brooks Davis (bro@FreeBSD.ORG)
Date:Feb 12, 2007 4:36:40 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-stable

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 05:22:22PM +0100, 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.

-- Brooks