On Mon 15 May 2023 at 12:51:55 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-05-13 23:00:23 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 13 May 2023 at 18:18:57 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > > On 5/13/23 15:40, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 08:29:11PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 01:01:27PM -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > > > > Ifconfig has been deprecated in Debian for some years. > > > > > > > > > > It is *not* deprecated. It is just optional, not essential. > > > > > > > > I don't know what Debian's official stance is, but if you do web > > > > searches > > > > for "Linux ifconfig deprecated", you find MANY results. > > > > > > > > <https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ifconfig-vs-ip>: > > > > The ip command is the future of network config commands. ifconfig > > > > has been officially deprecated for the ip suite, so while many of > > > > us are still using the old ways, it is time to put those habits to > > > > rest and move on with the world. > > > > > > While you are correct, Greg, the lack of documentation to help with > > > that transition is staggering. They just thru it on the table and > > > didn't even say use this instead. > > > > From the way you have quoted, I don't know whether you're complaining > > specifically about redhat, but as far as Debian is concerned, it was > > well documented in the Release Notes for stretch: > > > > 5.1.3. Noteworthy obsolete packages > > > > The following is a list of known and noteworthy obsolete packages > > (see Section 4.8, “Obsolete packages” for a description). > > > > The list of obsolete packages includes: > > > > [ … ] > > > > * The net-tools package is being deprecated in favor of > > iproute2. See Section 5.3.9, “net-tools will be deprecated in > > favor of iproute2” or the Debian reference manual (https:// > > www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05# > > _the_low_level_network_configuration) for more information. > > > > [ … ] > > > > 5.3.9. net-tools will be deprecated in favor of iproute2 > > > > The net-tools package is no longer part of new installations by > > default, since its priority has been lowered from important to > > optional. > [...] > > Under Debian/unstable, i.e. more much recent than stretch: > > zira:~> dpkg -s net-tools > Package: net-tools > Status: install ok installed > Priority: important > [...] > > This is still priority important!
Not at all; AFAICT, the /internal/ Priority of the package has never changed. (Just guessing: if you installed it, you need it, and better hang on to it.) But as far as installing it in the first place, that's the role of the Packages file, where it is optional (plus you might install it as a dependency). Cheers, David.
