#538433 Obsolete ifconfig and related tools

Package:
net-tools
Source:
net-tools
Description:
NET-3 networking toolkit
Submitter:
Jan Engelhardt
Date:
2010-01-13 16:06:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#538433#5
Date:
2009-07-25 20:06:51 UTC
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ifconfig has tons of problems and its use should be discouraged in favor
of iproute2.
#538433#10
Date:
2009-07-26 13:51:39 UTC
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we're working on that :)
#538433#15
Date:
2009-07-26 14:10:38 UTC
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The patch serves as means to identify remaining programs requiring
checking and its inclusion, I would say, not be "help up" by any related
work. It helps to flag up programs that still require attention, but
first and foremost it is meant to inform users.
#538433#20
Date:
2009-07-26 14:36:28 UTC
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Oh, sorry I missed the patch at first. But it is not a good idea to
inject text on standard output, since these tools are usually used
inside scripts..
#538433#25
Date:
2009-07-26 17:14:44 UTC
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If need be, the printing to stdout can be changed to stderr.

Not that grepping in ifconfig output was reliable in the first place
(due to localization, you name it)...
#538433#30
Date:
2010-01-13 15:56:30 UTC
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So, is this being completely ignored?