From: "Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Subject: Re: non-perfect diff to explain an issue with netstart and AUTOCONF
To: "Sven F." <sven.falempin@gmail.com>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 10:24:48 -0600

Sven F. <sven.falempin@gmail.com> wrote:

> If an interface is configured with AUTOCONF
> hostname.if does not remove the flag

Noone said that netstart removes any configuration.  There are probably
50+ configuration pieces on an interface, and netstart does not remove
any of them.  It does not "reset a port".  It only sets things that it
knows about.

I do not think this proposal is useful.