On Sunday 26 July 2009, 16:07:22, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> The Official Manual example [0] in the section 10.6.1.7 does not work >> anymore >> because of this.
>> So e.g: >> # ifconfig eth0:1 inet 0 up >> does not work anymore > That's because it is not an interface whatsoever (compare with running > `ip addr`). ifconfig just displays it in a fashion that makes others > believe it would be an interface. You suggest that this bug should be forwarded to debian manual maintainers then? I originally meant that one between the manual and the software is wrong and should be fixed. >> As noted in [1] (which is the same bug of this in the ubuntu's bts) I think >> that dhcp3-client's important bug #275653 is caused by this bug too, so I >> CC it. Could then dhcp3-client be fixed if is just the manual which is wrong? >> [0] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-net- ifupdown >> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-tools/+bug/356800 -- ESC:wq -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
