Re: [PATCH] net-tools 1.60: deferred ifconfig netmask

["Malita, Florin" <florin malita glenayre com>]

On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 01:32, Pekka Savola wrote:
> Shouldn't we rather be removing ifconfig or making it ready-only
> instead, as /sbin/ip seems to be vastly superior ?

While I agree that ip is superior, I think lots of people still use
ifconfig for basic network configuration. Removing it will confuse some
users and break many scripts: 

        grep ifconfig /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*


Regards,
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Florin Malita <florin malita glenayre com>