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diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions b/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
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+# This is not a shell script; it provides functions to network scripts
+# that source it.
+
+source_config ()
+{
+    DEVNAME=`echo $CONFIG | sed 's/^ifcfg-//g'`
+
+    . $CONFIG
+    if echo $CONFIG | grep -q '[^g]-' ; then
+	PARENTCONFIG=`echo $CONFIG | sed 's/-[^-]*$//g'`
+	PARENTDEVNAME=`echo $PARENTCONFIG | sed 's/^ifcfg-//g'`
+	[ -f $PARENTCONFIG ] || {
+	    echo "Missing config file $PARENTCONFIG." >&2
+	    exit 1
+	}
+	. $PARENTCONFIG
+    fi
+}