From: Su Yanjun <suyj.f...@cn.fujitsu.com> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 15:37:47 +0800
> When NetworkManager has already set ipv4 address then uses > ifconfig set another ipv4 address. It will use previous ifa_flags > that will cause device route not be inserted. > > As NetworkManager has already support IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE flag [1], > but ifconfig will reuse the ifa_flags. It's weird especially > some old scripts or program [2] still use ifconfig. > > [1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/ > commit/fec80e7473ad16979af75ed299d68103e7aa3fe9 > > [2] LTP or TAHI > > Signed-off-by: Su Yanjun <suyj.f...@cn.fujitsu.com> I don't know about this. This will lose things like IFA_F_SECONDARY as well. Sorry, I am not convinced that this change is correct nor safe.
