On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:32:34PM +0000, jacksprat wrote: > the official line is that the "ip" command replaces "ifconfig". I only use > the Busybox version of ifconfig. You could use the Busybox version in the > interim. The ip command is cool, though.
No one is removing ifconfig yet, it's merely not installed by default anymore -- so if you insist, just "apt install net-tools". ifconfig is inadequate for a number of widespread setups, though, and will provide bad output without a warning. You had two decades to migrate -- this is about the slowest deprecation I've seen, as it has been degraded from priority:important to priority:optional only now. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢰⠒⠀⣿⡁ Imagine there are bandits in your house, your kid is bleeding out, ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ the house is on fire, and seven big-ass trumpets are playing in the ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ sky. Your cat demands food. The priority should be obvious... _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
