Re: No ifconfig [Was: no /etc/inittab]
On Tuesday 15 August 2017 07:33:53 Nicolas George wrote:
> L'octidi 28 thermidor, an CCXXV, Erik Christiansen a écrit :
> > If it's no longer part of the base system, then perhaps the system
> > is too base?
>
> Please ellaborate. Why should ifconfig be part of the base system?
>
> Regards,
Because ip is a pain in the ass to make it run, and still gives grossly
incomplete information?
In 2 years, I have yet to get a full network report out of ip such as
ifconfig gives.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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