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Bug#394258: marked as done (ifconfig: always returns true even if fails)

Your message dated Mon, 26 May 2008 19:40:02 +0200
with message-id <20080526174002.GL26495@stro.at>
and subject line Re: ifconfig: always returns true even if fails
has caused the Debian Bug report #394258,
regarding ifconfig: always returns true even if fails
to be marked as done.

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Package: net-tools
Version: 1.60-17
Severity: normal
File: /sbin/ifconfig

Not even an error in $? is returned if failed to take device down,
Nor any error messages.

# ifconfig -s
Iface   MTU Met   RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR   TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
lo    16436 0        34      0      0      0       34      0      0      0 LRU
sit0   1480 0         0      0      0      0        0      0      0      0 ORU
# ifconfig lo down
# ifconfig sit0 down; echo $?
0
# ifconfig -s
Iface   MTU Met   RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR   TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
sit0   1480 0         0      0      0      0        0      0      0      0 ORU

Also could return errors/messages if the device is already in the state,

# ifconfig lo down; echo $?
0
# ifconfig lo up
# ifconfig lo up; echo $?
0

like /etc/init.d/many_packages start|stop do.

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--- Begin Message --- 
ifconfig is legacy. use ip from the iproute package.

thanks

-- 
maks

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