Allow reading interface description outside config mode

The Interface() object doesn't work for PPP in operational mode.
So split out interface_description routine.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Vyatta/Interface.pm b/lib/Vyatta/Interface.pm
index b7473dc..432fe33 100755
--- a/lib/Vyatta/Interface.pm
+++ b/lib/Vyatta/Interface.pm
@@ -352,13 +352,7 @@ sub running {
 sub description {
     my $self = shift;
 
-    open my $ifalias, '<', "/sys/class/net/$self->{name}/ifalias"
-	or return;
-    my $description = <$ifalias>;
-    close $ifalias;
-    chomp $description if $description;
-
-    return $description;
+    return interface_description($self->{name});
 }
 
 1;