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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/etc/netstart,v
retrieving revision 1.45
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -r1.45 -r1.46
--- src/etc/netstart	1998/10/28 19:17:10	1.45
+++ src/etc/netstart	1999/03/01 05:04:24	1.46
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.45 1998/10/28 19:17:10 millert Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.46 1999/03/01 05:04:24 millert Exp $
 
 # Returns true if $1 contains only alphanumerics
 isalphanumeric() {
@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@
             read af name mask bcaddr extras
             read dt dtaddr
 
-	    # check to see if device should be configure by dhcp
-	    if [ "$af" = "dhcp" ]; then
+	    # $af can be either "up", "dhcp", or an address family.
+	    if [ "$af" = "up" ]; then
+		# The only one of these guaranteed to be set is $if
+		ifconfig $if $name $mask $bcaddr $extras up
+	    elif [ "$af" = "dhcp" ]; then
 		ifconfig $if $extras down
 		cmd="/sbin/dhclient $if";
 	    else