> >Synopsis: ifconfig media doesn't show inet6 addresses > >Category: system > >Environment: > System : OpenBSD 5.9 > Details : OpenBSD 5.9-beta (GENERIC.MP) #1862: Thu Jan 21 > 18:48:14 MST 2016 > > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > > Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 > Machine : amd64 > >Description: > Providing the 'media' parameter to ifconfig only shows ipv4 > addresses and not ipv6. > >How-To-Repeat: > ifconfig <if> media
This decision was made almost 15+ years and still stands today. If you want to see v6 addresses, use -a. Most people who use ifconfig are in a v4 world, and don't want their screen to scroll. If people eventually -a to be the default, first win that war, then you can come back here and ask...
