On 2006-08-15T09:36:19, Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And, unfortunately it would confuse a lot of people, since the IP
> addresses wouldn't have interface names. Evidence suggests that would
> confuse a lot of people -- and other scripts.
But, the addresses being named ethX:Y on Linux has been depreciated
since 2.4.
And, the numbers assigned by IPaddr might not even be consistent across
different nodes.
Scripts which "miss" IPs which don't have a label on Linux are already
badly broken, the error just occurs less frequently.
Sincerely,
Lars
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