slattach still in RELENG_8

[Devin Teske]

Hi Bruce, et. al.,

For network.c (src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/network.c), we appear to have a
tagging issue.

In version 1.55, I see that you've removed PPP/SLIP code (very nice --
originally started out this e-mail with a request to remove erroneous
call to `slattach' which is no longer available in 8.x but was
pleasantly surprised to find that the deed had already been done by you
2.5 weeks ago).

However, I am seeing that the call to `slattach' still exists in
RELENG_8, RELENG_8_1, RELENG_8_1_0_RELEASE, RELENG_8_0, and
RELENG_8_0_0_RELEASE.

Yet... the CVS comment for the commit of version 1.55 of network.c in
MAIN/HEAD which you entered does indeed indicate that the lack of
`slattach' (used in mediaInitNetwork) should propagate to all 8.x tags.

Your CVS comment for 1.55:
"FreeBSD 8 doesn't support kernel PPP or SLIP; remove code for
configuring and installing via such devices from sysinstall." -brucec

I am just curious...

Is a branching of network.c in the works for the remaining FreeBSD-8.x
tags?

I only ask because I'm doing a top-down remediation of sysinstall(8)'s
use of external executables in RELENG_8 and found that `slattach' does
not exist yet is still conditionally called.
-- 
Cheers,
Devin Teske

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