On Tuesday 15 August 2017 15:46:15 Brian wrote: > On Tue 15 Aug 2017 at 14:53:39 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 August 2017 14:19:37 David Wright wrote: > > > On Tue 15 Aug 2017 at 13:24:56 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 15 August 2017 10:48:12 Nicolas George wrote: > > > > > L'octidi 28 thermidor, an CCXXV, Erik Christiansen a écrit : > > > > > > Around 30 years of familiarity across many *nix flavours. > > > > > > > > > > You said it: the only superiority of ifconfig over iproute2 is > > > > > tradition and familiarity of long-time users. On the other > > > > > hand, ifconfig is technically inferior on most if not all > > > > > points. > > > > > > > > > > I hope you realize that traditions and familiarity of old > > > > > geezers can only go so far to justify the evolution or > > > > > non-evolution of a system. Otherwise, we still would have ed > > > > > in the base system. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Nicolas: The nearest ipv6 address to me is likely 150 miles > > > > north, in Pittsburgh PA. Its all ipv4 here in WV AFAIK. > > > > > > Odd, the nearest to me is underneath the table. I use 6 a lot, > > > as a cat5 cable is much faster than two legs of weak wireless > > > to the router and back. And it requires no configuration—it's > > > just there. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > David. > > > > Thats a bridge I'll cross, if it gets here before I miss morning > > roll call. :) > > If you do, you'll be on a charge. :)
Around here, the ovens only get lit for cash. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
