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Re: i386 version for chrome

From Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: i386 version for chrome
Date 2018-10-29 12:20 +0100
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On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 08:18:44PM +0300, Reco wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 12:56:13PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
>> The definition for netmask I find in that section is
>>     netmask mask
>>         Netmask (dotted quad or CIDR)
>>
>> which at a glance would lead me to expect a full CIDR-format address
>> (e.g., 192.168.1.1/24) here. That would clearly seem redundant with the
>> address field immediately above, but I don't know of anything else
>> that's consistent with CIDR notation.
>
>I agree that this part of the manpage is in dire need of good wording.
>I'd replace it with "Netmask (dotted quad or number of bits, eg 24)",
>because that's how it actually works.

Mostly the netmask field should be considered a legacy interface. 
Historically, the address was only the address, and the netmask was the 
dotted-quad formatted netmask for that address. When ifupdown gained the 
ability to specify the address field in address/bits format (in wheezy), 
the netmask field was extended to also recognize cidr bits in addition 
to dotted quad.  (This also provides symmetry with the ipv6 
representation, where dotted quad doesn't make sense.) With the new 
address syntax the netmask field is fully redundant, but remains for 
upgrades and compatibility with old scripts/etc.

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i386 version for chrome Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 10:30 +0200
  Re: i386 version for chrome Andrew Wood <andrewjameswood@ymail.com> - 2018-10-27 10:40 +0200
    Re: i386 version for chrome Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 12:40 +0200
      Re: i386 version for chrome Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-10-27 13:10 +0200
        Re: i386 version for chrome Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 13:30 +0200
          Re: i386 version for chrome Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-27 14:10 +0200
            Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-27 15:10 +0200
              Re: i386 version for chrome Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-27 16:10 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 17:00 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-27 18:00 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-27 17:00 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2018-10-27 17:20 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-27 19:20 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2018-10-27 20:30 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-27 23:30 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-28 00:50 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-10-28 00:30 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 01:00 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 01:00 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-10-28 23:00 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-28 10:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 12:00 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-29 12:00 +0100
                resolv.conf (was i386 version for chrome) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-28 13:00 +0100
                Re: resolv.conf (was i386 version for chrome) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 13:50 +0100
                Re: resolv.conf (was i386 version for chrome) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-28 14:20 +0100
                Re: resolv.conf (was i386 version for chrome) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 14:20 +0100
                Re: resolv.conf (was i386 version for chrome) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 14:50 +0100
                Re: resolv.conf (was i386 version for chrome) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-28 16:40 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2018-10-28 01:00 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-28 16:00 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 17:20 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 11:30 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-27 20:40 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-27 23:40 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 08:00 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 11:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 11:40 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 12:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 13:50 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 17:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 17:30 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-10-28 18:00 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-10-28 18:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-28 18:20 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 12:20 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-29 13:30 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 13:40 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 14:00 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-29 15:50 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-29 15:50 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 16:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 21:20 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-29 21:20 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-29 21:30 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-29 21:40 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-29 21:50 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-28 20:00 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 20:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-28 20:30 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-29 00:40 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-29 12:20 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Thomas D Dial <tdial@acm.org> - 2018-10-28 04:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-10-28 15:50 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2018-10-27 17:10 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-27 17:40 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2018-10-27 22:00 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-28 00:10 +0200
                Re: i386 version for chrome David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-11-03 04:10 +0100
                Re: i386 version for chrome Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-11-03 04:40 +0100
          Re: i386 version for chrome tony <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2018-10-27 15:10 +0200
  Re: i386 version for chrome Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2018-10-27 13:50 +0200
    Re: i386 version for chrome Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 14:50 +0200

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