> To pass a line directly to ifconfig and prevent it from being
>> interpreted as a packed format, use !ifconfig \$if <flags>."
>
> Yes.
>
>> (I think I may change my files to "!ifconfig ..." format
>> now, it's ugly but it will avoid errors; not least because
>> then I can use /prefix notation rather than netmasks).
>
> Yes. I'm switching to !ifconfig for everything but trivial addresses.
How about a minimal change to hostname.* processing that adds a keyword used
to pass the rest of the line to ifconfig. Minimal change that is, IMHO,
less obnoxious that typing !ifconfig \$if. Maybe something like
pass <ifconfig args for interface>
--- netstart Sun Dec 11 13:31:14 2011
+++ netstart.new Tue Nov 27 10:57:27 2012
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
"!"*) # parse commands
cmd="${af#*!} ${name} ${mask} ${bcaddr} ${ext1} ${ext2}"
;;
+ "pass")
+ cmd="ifconfig $if ${name} ${mask} ${bcaddr} ${ext1}
${ext2}"
+ ;;
"dhcp")
[ "$name" = "NONE" ] && name=
[ "$mask" = "NONE" ] && mask=
