On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 04:30:47PM +0200, Paul Irofti wrote: > Be more specific about the order of interpretation. Okay? > > diff --git share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 > index b07459f..aa8446f 100644 > --- share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 > +++ share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 > @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ A configuration file is not needed for lo0. > The configuration information is expressed in a line-by-line packed format > which makes the most common cases simpler; those dense formats are described > below. > +The order of the configuration lines matters, they are interpreted from the > +top down. > Any lines not matching these packed formats are passed directly to > .Xr ifconfig 8 . > The packed formats are converted using a somewhat inflexible parser and >
if we say this, then we should provide guidance to folks about how to order the lines. what is the specific problem, or the general rule, that you are addressing? jmc
