The following reply was made to PR bin/30694; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/30694 CVS commit: src/sbin/ifconfig
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:02:03 +0000 (UTC)

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	martin
 Date:		Thu Jul 13 14:02:03 UTC 2006
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/sbin/ifconfig: ifconfig.c
 
 Log Message:
 Trying the old "ifconfig <name> x.x.x.x down" issue again:
 if the kernel does not set the interface up after we set an address,
 do it explicitly, unless we (previously) set it down on user request.
 
 This will allow the network drivers to be "fixed" while keeping visible
 behaviour the same. Part of fixing PR 30694.
 
 
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 cvs rdiff -r1.172 -r1.173 src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
 
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