Going with won't fix, based on Andreas' comment.
** Changed in: iproute (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Won't Fix
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Title:
iproute fails to enforce
Either it is a must, ..., or it's not a must and ifconfig should ...
It's a if you want to work around ifconfig brokenness, do it like this...
The reason ifconfig was obsoleted is that all it's bugs can't be fixed. Just
get rid of it! It's really long overdue!
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iproute fails to enforce
Hello,
it's not at all unexpected that ifconfig croaks on things that aren't
compatible with Linux 2.0 (NET-3, I think it was called). With the
introduction of Linux 2.2 and all the new fancy network features it
supported, the net-tools package (ifconfig, route, etc.) was deprecated
in favour of
