The following reply was made to PR bin/30694; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/30694 CVS commit: [netbsd-3] src/sbin/ifconfig
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:54:36 +0000 (UTC)

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	riz
 Date:		Sun Oct 14 05:54:36 UTC 2007
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/sbin/ifconfig [netbsd-3]: ifconfig.c
 
 Log Message:
 Pull up following revision(s) (requested by msaitoh in ticket #1801):
 	sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c: revision 1.173 via patch
 
         If the kernel does not set the interface up after we set an address,
         do it explicitly, unless we (previously) set it down on user request
         (i.e. "ifconfig <name> x.x.x.x down").
 
         This will allow the network drivers to be "fixed" while keeping visible
         behaviour the same. Part of fixing PR 30694.
 
 
 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -r1.152.2.1 -r1.152.2.2 src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
 
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