Re: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 09/25/05

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    To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
    
    
    

    On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 02:41:05PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
    > Hi folks,
    >
    > As our ifconfig(8) is growing more options for special interface
    > types, inconsistencies sneak into their syntax. In particular,
    > -vlandev takes a useless argument (vlan(4) cannot attach to more
    > than one parent anyway) while, e.g., -carpdev doesn't need one.
    > Personally, I like the latter since having to type unneeded words
    > on the command line annoys me. Do you think that making -vlandev
    > need no arguments in CURRENT would break many existing things?

    I agree the argument is useless. Unfortunatly, it's going to be hard to
    deprecate the old syntax so we may need to keep it around.

    -- Brooks

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