Re: [OT] ip vs. ifconfig
> also sprach Martin Marcher <martin.marcher@gmail.com> [2007.07.12.0014 +0200]:
> > recent digging around in several network setups and the corresponding
> > google searches lead me to several sites suggesting that "ifconfig" is
> > deprecated in favor of "ip" (package iproute).
On 12.07.07 08:54, martin f krafft wrote:
> That's not entirely true, it's more like ifconfig exists on most
> every Unix system while ip is a younger contender which can do
> *much* more with a much improved user interface, but it has not been
> ported everywhere.
>
> I agree with you fully and part of my mission is to get rid of all
> ifconfig dependencies on standard Debian systems.
>
> If you do like to help push iproute over ifconfig, maybe you would
> like to check out http://netconf.alioth.debian.org and become part
> of the development team?
I'd better push new kernel interface (netlink) to ifconfig and allow do it
much more thinks, meyba like ifconfig on FreeBSD can do.
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