Re: No ifconfig [Was: no /etc/inittab]
On 15-08-17, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 15.08.17 15:03, Dejan Jocic wrote:
> > And what exactly do you miss in ifconfig and net-tools package, that you
> > can not do with ip, which is part of iproute2 package that comes as part
> > of base system?
>
> Around 30 years of familiarity across many *nix flavours. If the package
> builders are more familiar with ip, then perhaps tradition goes out the
> window. Not a problem. I have installed net-tools.
>
> Erik
>
I can understand that very well, even with much less years of
familiarity. But it moves forward, for good or worse. Not first familiar
tool that will vanish, nor last. May we live to see many more. I know
that I've thought something like "you will pry ifconfig out of my cold
dead heands" first time I've used ip. But, time passed and ip almost
become familiar tool.
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