conf/126392: rc.conf ifconfig_xx keywords cannot be escaped

[Jean-Charles Longuet]

The following reply was made to PR conf/126392; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jean-Charles Longuet <jclonguet at laposte.net>
To: bug-followup at freebsd.org, jclonguet at free.fr
Cc:  
Subject: Re: conf/126392: rc.conf ifconfig_xx keywords cannot be escaped
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:10:04 +0200

  
  From what I understand, wpa_supplicant is only used by client stations. 
 In my case, I am configuring an access point with hostapd for the wpa 
 handling, and do not require wpa_supplicant in any way, hence the 
 configuration line I added in the intial report.
 
 More generaly, keywords can not be used anywhere in the ifconfig command 
 line: you cannot set your ssid to such values, for example. There are 
 workarounds, like running an extra ifconfig command in start_if.ath0, 
 but that's just plain ugly, and I use FreeBSD to avoid this. Having an 
 extra keyword meaning "do not look thereafter" could do the trick 
 (something like "--" on command lines).
 
 --  Jc