Re: why not have rcvars for all rc.d scripts? -- and downinterfaces and bootconf.sh not complete rc.d scripts

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, der Mouse wrote:

> > > [...], I rather dislike the way it pushes configuration information
> > > out into a bunch of little files instead of keeping it in rc.conf -
> > > the aspect of that that bothers me most, personally, is network
> > > interface configuration.)
> > you can put a lot of network config (at least what i use) in rc.conf.
>
> Yes, but not if you have more than two addresses on an interface.  I
> added code to 3.1's rc.d/network to handle ifalias_xxN_1,
> ifalias_xxN_2, etc; if anyone wants it I'll be happy to share, but the
> comment

        You can specify multiple aliases on the same ifaliase_<if>, var:

            ifconfig_fxp0=192.168.3.2
            ifaliases_fxp0="192.168.3.11 - 192.168.3.12 - 192.168.3.13 -"
            defaultroute=192.168.3.1

        That would have worked in 3.x, and I believe in 2.x also...

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