On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Malita, Florin wrote:
OTOH:
[root@scox root]# ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.120.12 netmask
255.255.252.0
[root@scox root]#
succeeds the first time since the actions are executed in the right
order: SIOCSIFADDR _then_ SIOCSIFNETMASK.
This patch against net-tools-1.60 defers the netmask ioctl when using
implicit/CIDR notation till after the address has been assigned. IOW, it
makes the 2 commands equivalent (as some of us might expect ;).
Shouldn't we rather be removing ifconfig or making it ready-only
instead, as /sbin/ip seems to be vastly superior ?
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