Peter Memishian wrote: > > I'm doing some work in net-physical, and I noticed that it contains: > > > > if [ "$1" = "xx0" ]; then > > # > > # For some unknown historical reason the xx0 > > # ifname is ignored. > > # > > shift > > continue > > fi > > > > This results in the net-physical script to ignore any file named > > /etc/hostname.xx0. According to google, this was a SunOS 4.x.x hack to > > allow someone to set the hostname of a standalone system. Such files > > are clearly no longer used this way by Solaris. I propose that we > > remove this particular interface name restriction, perhaps as part of > > UV. Any opinions on this? > > I don't feel strongly about it. > I think this would become problematic when vanity naming is used (as a result, "xx0" cannot work correctly as a link name). I will file a bug and make this change as part of UV.
Thanks for pointing this out. - Cathy
