[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1918: iputil: finding IP addresses fails on kfreebsd

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#1918: iputil: finding IP addresses fails on kfreebsd
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     Reporter:  davidsarah    |      Owner:  davidsarah
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-network  |    Version:  1.9.2
   Resolution:                |   Keywords:  iputil kfreebsd
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Comment (by gdt):

 I am -1 on running a list of commands that are not known to be correct,
 particularly at runtime.  That leads to unreliable behavior, especially if
 someone has one of the other commands in their PATH.

 This is pointing out that the configure/build process needs to have a
 reliable way to determine how to do various OS things, and that's
 something autoconf has done for years.  It does require writing a feature
 test, but that seems to be the price of reasonably reliably figuring out
 what to do.

 Also, just because there's a program called "ifconfig" doesn't mean it
 will necessarily do what you want.

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