Re: misc/60836: /etc/rc.d/network picks up stray ifconfig.ifN~ backup files

["Robert Elz via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/60836; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/60836: /etc/rc.d/network picks up stray ifconfig.ifN~ backup files
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:54:54 +0700

     Date:        Fri,  2 Oct 2026 02:50:01 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        "campbell+netbsd%mumble.net@localhost via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <20261002025001.7B4B61A923E%mollari.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   | 	1. Check for ${cloner}[0-9]* (or, really, ${cloner}[0-9][0-9]*)
   | 	   as a regular expression, e.g. with expr(1)?
 
 RE not needed, a suitable (adequate for the purpose here, if not
 100% general case for all purposes) fix can be done using just sh.
 
   | 	2. Check for *~ and skip it?
 
 That's insufficient, using ~ might be "a common convention" in some
 environments, but there are also .bak .orig and numerous others
 floating around - if we're to deal with one, we should deal with all.
 
 Of course, just saving the pre-modified file in RCS or CVS or something
 and not cluttering the filesystem with various "backup" files would be
 a much better solution, but ...
 
 kre