Hello, On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 08:08:06PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > I think the problem here is that the user dreamt up a feature ifconfig > has never had. At least not the linux ifconfig.
Yes, it seems their use of FreeBSD ifconfig led them to believe that ifconfig would work the same on every platform. So would you agree that had Debian NOT given in to the people who demanded ifconfig remain packaged, OP would have been in a better position as then they would have known that ifconfig is not the command they need in Debian even if it is in FreeBSD? (Making net-tools ifconfig behave the way FreeBSD ifconfig does is presumably not an option on the table since clearly no one wants to do that work, and anyway possibly there are yet some other platforms that have an ifconfig that behaves differently again.) Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
