bin/88119: [patch] partial matching for ifconfig
bw at desync.com
bw at desync.com
Sun Oct 30 14:50:19 PST 2005
The following reply was made to PR bin/88119; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: bw at desync.com
To: Brooks Davis <brooks at one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/88119: [patch] partial matching for ifconfig
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:35:30 -0500
On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 09:18:22AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 07:26:58PM -0400, bw at desync.com wrote:
> > True, fixed.
>
> I dislike this 'fix'. If the partial matching is going to be generally
> useful, ifconfig needs to have a valid return status when it's run.
I'll just point out that OpenBSD's ifconfig returns true when displaying
interfaces by group.
> I'm unwilling to commit this feature without it being activated by a flag.
You've missed the point of the patch, anyway. I withdraw my PR.
> -- Brooks
bw.
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