Re: why? (was: changing IP)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:50:12 +0100 (BST)

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> Why was Linux designed so that the IP address and host info had to be stored
> in a bunch of files spread all over the system? Wouldn't it be simpler to
> keep it all in one place?

"The IP Address". Please don't assume you have only one. Most distributions
I know store the address in one location per interface, which seems reasonble.
They don't use the same place which perhaps the LSB should oneday ponder

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