Best way to start eth0 without address

[Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong <masee@usa.net>]

Hey everyone.

I'm using unstable, and I was wondering what would be the best way to
start up eth0 without a network address assigned to it?  I need this,
so that pppoe will work correctly.  Currently, I have the following in
/etc/networks/interfaces:

iface eth0 inet static
	address 0.0.0.0
	netmask 255.255.255.0

But on boot up, it complains like so

SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address

There is no problem, since this does what I want, but I was wondering
whether there is a cleaner way to do this.

Thanks

Marshal