On Tue, 2017-05-30 at 10:39 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:30:59AM -0700, Greg Rose wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-05-30 at 10:29 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:04:55AM -0700, Greg Rose wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2017-05-30 at 09:31 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > > > > It's becoming more common that OSes include "ip" but not "ifconfig", 
> > > > > so
> > > > > it's best to avoid using the latter.  This commit removes most 
> > > > > references
> > > > > to "ifconfig" and replaces them by "ip".  It also adds a build-time 
> > > > > check
> > > > > to make it harder to introduce new uses of "ifconfig".
> > > > > 
> > > > > There are important differences between "ifconfig" and "ip":
> > > > > 
> > > > > - An "ifconfig" command that sets an IP address also brings the 
> > > > > interface
> > > > >   up, but a similar "ip addr add" command does not, so it is often 
> > > > > necessary
> > > > >   (or at least precautionary) to add an "ip link set <dev> up" 
> > > > > command.
> > > > > 
> > > > > - "ifconfig" can infer a netmask from an IP adddress, but "ip" always
> > > > >   assumes /32 if none is given.
> > > > > 
> > > > > - "ifconfig" with address 0.0.0.0 removes any configured IP address, 
> > > > > but
> > > > >   "ip addr add" does not, so "ifconfig <dev> 0.0.0.0" must be 
> > > > > replaced by
> > > > >   "ip addr del" or "ip addr flush".
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
> > > > 
> > > > A couple of typos below that you can fix on push but otherwise looks
> > > > good.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Are you decently set up to test this (the python bits)?  I don't have a
> > > good setup at the moment.
> > 
> > Sure. I just started another test that will take a bit to complete but I
> > can get to it today.
> 
> Thanks a lot.

Passes 'make check'.

2355 tests were successful.
1 test was skipped.

The one test skipped was this one:

129. daemon --service (daemon.at:167): skipped (daemon.at:169)
1 test was skipped.

I'll look into it.

But for Python 2 and Python 3 everything was fine.

Passed a Travis build too.

https://travis-ci.org/gvrose8192/ovs-experimental/builds/237694694

Thanks,

- Greg

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