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| From | Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: ifconfig network resolution |
| Date | 2017-06-11 04:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tR0DT-7Av-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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Hi Joel,
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 07:55:50AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> # If the address to be assigned is given first, which I think everyone
> # pretty much does:
>
> myadm@mycomp:~$ env LANG=en_US.UTF-8 sudo ifconfig eth0:1 down
> myadm@mycomp:~$ env LANG=en_US.UTF-8 sudo ifconfig eth0:1
> 10.19.201.198 netmask 255.255.255.224 broadcast 10.19.201.223
> myadm@mycomp:~$ env LANG=en_US.UTF-8 sudo ifconfig eth0:1
> eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 53:bc:81:02:21:bb
> inet addr:10.19.201.198 Bcast:10.19.201.223 Mask:255.255.255.224
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> Interrupt:42 Base address:0xa000
>
> # it seems to see the address first and set things as intended in one pass.
> ---------------------------------
>
> Which is confusing to my middle-aged brain.
Have you considered just using "ip"?
# ip address add 10.19.201.198/27 dev eth0
You don't need to specify the broadcast address as it will by
default be the top-most address (10.19.201.233 for
10.19.201.192/27).
> So I could suggest editing the man page, something along the lines
> of the following…
The binaries provided by the net-tools package are considered
obsolete on Linux, and from stretch onwards the package is not
marked essential. It would only be installed if a dependency pulled
it in (which is admittedly still very likely at this point).
I'm not trying to start an ip vs. ifconfig debate, but it is a fact
that development of net-tools has stagnated and already doesn't
support some kernel features.
It seems likely that eventually net-tools will not be in a default
Debian install and you would have to go out of your way to install
it.
So, I am not sure that anyone would be willing to keep the relevant
net-tools manpages up to date.
Even the net-tools maintainers in Debian have wanted it removed from
the base install for more than 8 years now. I'm not saying they
would refuse to fix documentation bugs, but the motivation may be
very low at this point.
Some more info:
https://lwn.net/Articles/710533/
Cheers,
Andy
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