Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation

From	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation
Date	2025-06-13 20:10 +0200
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Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> writes:

> What should happen if one has
>
> 192.134.164.161 via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 src 192.168.1.13 metric 100 
> 192.134.164.161 via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp0s20f3 src 192.168.1.14 metric 600 
>
> and "ip route del 192.134.164.161" is done?

Thanks.  That is indeed interesting.  The routes appear to be sorted in
that order regardless of which order they are added, and the first one
is deleted.

Yes, it would be nice to have this documented.  Let's hope the netdev
gurus have an answer

Bjørn

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Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2025-06-13 12:30 +0200
  Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2025-06-13 12:50 +0200
    Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2025-06-13 14:30 +0200
  Processed: Re: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip  route delete" documentation "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-06-13 12:50 +0200
  Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> - 2025-06-13 18:40 +0200
    Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2025-06-13 20:00 +0200
      Bug#1107739: iproute2: ip-route(8) man page: incorrect "ip route delete" documentation Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> - 2025-06-13 20:10 +0200

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