Bug#701139: netcfg: IPv6 netmask is bogus when IP address entered in CIDR format

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>]

Philipp Kern, le Fri 22 Feb 2013 18:09:00 +0100, a écrit :
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 02:12:41AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > While trying manual IPv6 configuration, I got a bogus IPv6 netmask:
> > 
> > - boot in expert mode, answer questions by default until:
> > - request not to do any autoconf, but enter network configuration
> >   manually
> > - enter fc00::1/64 as manual IP address
> > - enter fc00::2 as gateway
> > - enter fc00::3 as DNS
> > 
> > The network configuration summary then shows netmask as being
> > 255.255.255.255, i.e. an IPv4 netmask.  It thus seems the IPv4
> > code still gets triggered, rather than producing the IPv6
> > ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: netmask.
> 
> This is probably a cosmetic issue in expert mode only.

The network configuration actually went fine indeed.  I'm however
wondering which bug that might trigger.

Samuel