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The summary is: ifconfig output format does not support new networking features like IP aliases[0]. Changing the output format would break many scripts, so ifco
by qznc 8y ago
The summary is: ifconfig output format does not support new networking features like IP aliases[0]. Changing the output format would break many scripts, so ifconfig will not be changed.
[0] It does support "interface aliases" and that seems to be something different
- yellowapple 8y agoRemoving ifconfig (the implied end-goal of deprecating it) would also break many scripts.