Close conf/1007 and take this opportunity to correct a few long-standing

bogons with the way static_routes was being handled.  Also document
the fact that default_router overrides static_routes entirely.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/etc/netstart b/etc/netstart
index 49c3523..b0a4a5a 100755
--- a/etc/netstart
+++ b/etc/netstart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: netstart,v 1.39 1996/01/08 04:50:18 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: netstart,v 1.40 1996/01/31 15:02:24 mpp Exp $
 #	From: @(#)netstart	5.9 (Berkeley) 3/30/91
 
 # Note that almost all the user-configurable behavior is no longer in
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ if [ -n "$defaultrouter" -a "x$defaultrouter" != "xNO" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # Set up any static routes.  This should be done before router discovery.
-for i in ${static_routes}; do
-	eval route_args=\$route_${i}
-	route add ${route_args}
-done
+if [ "x${static_routes}" != "xNO" ]; then
+	for i in ${static_routes}; do
+		eval route_args=\$route_${i}
+		route add ${route_args}
+	done
+fi
 
 if [ "x$gateway" != "xNO" ]; then
 	echo 'configuring host as a gateway.'