On Tuesday 15 August 2017 07:33:53 Nicolas George wrote: > L'octidi 28 thermidor, an CCXXV, Erik Christiansen a écrit : > > If it's no longer part of the base system, then perhaps the system > > is too base? > > Please ellaborate. Why should ifconfig be part of the base system? > > Regards,
Because ip is a pain in the ass to make it run, and still gives grossly incomplete information? In 2 years, I have yet to get a full network report out of ip such as ifconfig gives. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>