On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 09:25:39PM -0800, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > Yes, this is an older version of ifupdown, but the newer package also > appears to lack this. > > ifupdown lacks any method to change the metric of the route that is > added by default when an address and netmask are specified. If a system > has multiple interfaces to one network, one may wish to change the metric > for even a directly connected network.
You're right. I'll try to think of a way to add this in a nice way. I
don't know if overloading the current "metric" keyword to apply to both
the gateway and the netmask route will work for everyone.
> I would also suggest it would be useful to be able to tell ifupdown not
> to add the standard route just in case one is doing really whacky things.
Well, that's easy, just don't specify a netmask :)
--
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <[email protected]>
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
