- add `ppp_peers' support, which will run `pppd call <peer>' for each
peer listed in the ppp_peers file that also has a /etc/ppp/peers/<peer>
configuration file.
filesystems by a correct one. (too bad that there was no agreement
about a mount option doing the same...)
Introduce a new rc.conf variable to mount user-defined filesystems
early in startup (eg for syslog, crashdumps, ...).
switch and a set of flags. Get rid of DEFAULT flags entirely. Print
warnings if on/off switches are not set, or are set incorrectly.
Add a shell function to simplify this on/off switch testing.
We no longer do /etc/hostname.* files, we do /etc/ifconfig.* files
instead, which contain lines each of which is fed to
ifconfig in turn. A new variable, net_interfaces, controls which
interfaces get brought up, by default, ifconfig -l is used to find a list.
the new /etc/rc.conf. this also includes the following changes:
netstart: ifaliases now includes a netmask, to ensure
aliases work.
rc/rc.local: make _everything_ based on configuration
in rc.conf. also move things around such that DNS and
YP are started early enough that other daemons needing
their services also exist. move ldconfig from rc.local
here, and also make it use /etc/ld.so.conf if it exists.
run /etc/rc.lkm if it exists, a boot time.
