Re: [Devil-linux-develop] possible change in IPv4 routing configuration syntax

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> >>>Although I'm not sure how to handle that.  If I simply "s/:/|/g", 
> >>>won't it will break the valid IPv6 routes?  (and IP aliases?)
> >>
> >>Ok, then I will need to give you the right sed rules.
> >>
> >> From my head I the following could be a possible solution (though not 
> >>tested yet):
> >>   sed -e "s/^\(ROUTE.*\):/\0|/"
> > 
> > Wouldn't that only change the first : to |  ?
> 
> I will go over it and come back to you when I have a final sed expression.

My main problem is I know nothing about IPv6, so I don't know what to
look for.  i.e.  Will a normal IPv6 ROUTE contain legal colons? (:)
Can you show me a couple example ifcfg files?  For v4 & v6 both?

> In the meantime you can think about how this could possibly integrated into 
> the update utility as generic as possible - eg. by defining in a filter 
> config file which filters to apply to a specific set of files. Filter might 
> not be the right expression, transformation program might be more to the point.

OK, I'll take a look.

 - BS