#809244 Please document address1,+address2 notations for IPv6

Package:
netmask
Source:
netmask
Description:
helps determine network masks
Submitter:
Cord Beermann
Date:
2015-12-29 00:06:39 UTC
Severity:
normal
#809244#5
Date:
2015-12-28 16:04:37 UTC
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I use netmask to calculate with IP-Numbers like

$ netmask 192.168.0.0:+1
192.168.0.0/31
$ netmask 192.168.0.0:+-1
192.167.255.255/32
192.168.0.0/32

This fails with IPv6:

$ netmask fa00:::+1
netmask: parse error "fa00:::+1"
$ netmask fa00:::+-1
netmask: parse error "fa00:::+-1"

Cord
#809244#10
Date:
2015-12-29 00:01:02 UTC
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Hi Cord,

(Here is upstream's (CC'ed) response.)

Cheers,