On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:12:18 +0200 Matteo Croce <mcr...@redhat.com> wrote:
> ip link can set parameters both via the 'set' and 'change' keyword. > In fact, 'change' is an alias for 'set'. > Document this in the help and manpage. > > Fixes: 1d93483985f0 ("iplink: use netlink for link configuration") > Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcr...@redhat.com> Probably just done originally for compatibility in some way with ip route. Not sure if it really needs to be documented.