:-> "Anthony" == Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org> writes:
> ifconfig can't do most of what the kernel is capable of, and not just
> in the IPv6 realm. iproute can.
> Why not just deprecate ifconfig?
While I generally agree with you that iproute is better (but it would
need a serious man page, instead of the huge manual in ps format),
ifconfig on e.g. openbsd can handle ipv6, so why shouldn't ours ?
Pf
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