#987148 please consider reading gai.conf into ip addrlabel

Package:
iproute2
Source:
iproute2
Description:
networking and traffic control tools
Submitter:
Marc Haber
Date:
2021-04-18 11:51:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#987148#5
Date:
2021-04-18 11:47:42 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

that recent Linuxen don't read IP address labels from /etc/gai.conf
comes a bit as surprise. And, additionally, I consider IP address labels
at least kind of permanent configuration.

Wouldn't it be nice if a startup process would read /etc/gai.conf and
establish the apporiate ip addrlabel configuration? Maybe even a systemd
path unit that re-reads the file on change?

Greetings
Marc