From: Thomas Weber (x_at_4t2.com)
Date: Sun 11 Aug 2002 - 00:37:51 BST
On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 10:31:22AM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Jacques Gelinas wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:06:53 -0500, Jukka Laaksola wrote
> > > Jacques Gelinas wrote:
> > > >
> > > > IPROOT="eth0/IP1 eth1/IP2 IP3 IP4"
> > > >
> > > Sounds good to me. It's quite clear way to configure IPs and devices.
> >
> > Finally I implented it using : instead of /
> > IPROOT="eth0:1.2.3.4 eth1:2.3.4.5"
> > One day will implement the / to support per IP netmask...
>
> We're running out of seperator characters! ;-)
>
> I had assuming/hoped you'd use something other than `:' is make parsing IPv6
> addresses slightly easier in the long run--a topic I'll try and look at
> at $SOMETIME. (I'm assuming it's basically a question of cut+pasting the
> the IPv4 code).
and it might be confusing since ':' is already the seperator for ip aliases,
of course / is as bad also.
Tom