On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 04:08:55PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 06:48:59AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > So no, it doesn't look dead to me. > > It (Linux ifconfig) exists and is still installable but will not be > getting any new features. It also displays incorrect information for > some features it does not understand. > > So the arguments for its continued usage are extremely tenuous and > basically boil down to, "it's always worked for me!" Which is fine, > but does lead to situations like this where we have a whole thread > of confusion about why it doesn't have some particular feature that > a user, who was not aware that ifconfig is no longer the thing to > use, continued to try to use it.
I think the problem here is that the user dreamt up a feature ifconfig has never had. At least not the linux ifconfig. Cheers -- t
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