Re: bridge(4) shouldn't try to create new interfaces when i make a typo

2020-07-09 Thread David Gwynne
> On 10 Jul 2020, at 12:45 am, sven falempin wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 3:31 AM Klemens Nanni wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 05:08:01PM +1000, David Gwynne wrote: >>> if i accidentally `ifconfig bridge add gre0` instead of egre0, having >>> bridge create gre0 and then not like

Re: bridge(4) shouldn't try to create new interfaces when i make a typo

2020-07-09 Thread sven falempin
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 3:31 AM Klemens Nanni wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 05:08:01PM +1000, David Gwynne wrote: > > if i accidentally `ifconfig bridge add gre0` instead of egre0, having > > bridge create gre0 and then not like it is not what i expect to happen. > > especially when it leaves

Re: bridge(4) shouldn't try to create new interfaces when i make a typo

2020-07-09 Thread Klemens Nanni
On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 05:08:01PM +1000, David Gwynne wrote: > if i accidentally `ifconfig bridge add gre0` instead of egre0, having > bridge create gre0 and then not like it is not what i expect to happen. > especially when it leaves me with an extra gre0 interface lying around > afterwards. >

bridge(4) shouldn't try to create new interfaces when i make a typo

2020-07-09 Thread David Gwynne
if i accidentally `ifconfig bridge add gre0` instead of egre0, having bridge create gre0 and then not like it is not what i expect to happen. especially when it leaves me with an extra gre0 interface lying around afterwards. i can appreciate that this was trying to be helpful when you wanted to