Re: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax
From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 09/25/05
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:37:41 -0700 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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