Re: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup

From: Kenneth W Cochran (kwc_at_TheWorld.com)
Date: 02/11/05

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    Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:48:27 -0500 (EST)
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    >Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:27:01 +0200
    >From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com>
    >To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@theworld.com>
    >Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
    >Subject: Re: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup
    >
    >On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:00:39 -0500 (EST)
    >Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@theworld.com> wrote:
    >
    >> Hello -stable:
    >>
    >> Any idea(s) why (my) 5.3-stable (as of 9 February) isn't
    >> configuring the network interface or setting up the default route?
    >>
    >> I installed 5.3-release from CD and things worked fine.
    >> Then I updated the system sources (via cvsup) to RELENG_5 and
    >> went through {build,install}world/mergemaster/reboot as outlined
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
    >> in /usr/src/UPDATING and now I get no network interfaces
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    >> configured & no default route set. I've tracked RELENG_4 for
    >> years with nothing like this ever happening. Kernel has not been
    >> reconfigured (yet), it's still GENERIC, albeit RELENG_5 now.
    >>
    >> In looking through the rc scripts, it appears that network
    >> interface(s) are being renamed but I see no references to this
    >> in, say, UPDATING or errara or other documentation. Any ideas?
    >
    >mergemaster pilot error ?
    >If you didn't changed something in them I'd suggest wiping /etc/rc.d/*
    >and /etc/defaults/* and do a mergermaster -i
    >
    >--
    >IOnut
    >Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"

    First thing I thought of; both "mergemaster -p" and
    "mergemaster" without arguments are fine; all its "targets"
    updated accordingly.

    -kc
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