Subject: Re: ifconfig -h patch
To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@NetBSD.org>
From: Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 08/09/2005 12:19:30
On Tue(09)/Aug/05 - , Rui Paulo wrote:
> On 2005.08.09 12:04:57 +0000, Liam J. Foy wrote:
> | On Tue(09)/Aug/05 - , Rui Paulo wrote:
> | > On 2005.08.06 19:31:08 +0000, Rui Paulo wrote:
> | > | Hi,
> | > | The following small patch adds the '-h' option to ifconfig(8).
> | >
> | > I plan to commit it this Thursday, if no one stops me.
> | >
> | > -- Rui Paulo
> |
> | Looks good Rui. I have compiled an tested it a few times fine. Infact,
> | I'd like this to be the default behaviour :).
>
> I think we can't do this the default behaviour as it will break scripts.
> You can always: 'alias ifconfig ifconfig -h' or
> 'alias ifconfig="ifconfig -h"', whatever suits your shell better.
Of course, it's just what I'd like =).
--
- Liam J. Foy
liamfoy@sepulcrum.org