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Except someone did rewrite it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22628938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22628938 But with the Linux ecosystem's iner
by comex 7y ago
Except someone did rewrite it:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22628938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22628938
But with the Linux ecosystem's inertia being what it is, rather than the 2 existing implementations of ifconfig in use being displaced by this better one... now there are just 3 implementations of ifconfig in use.
As mentioned in the Stack Exchange thread linked in that post, a different someone submitted a relevant patch to one of those existing implementations – way back in 2013. But it was never accepted. More inertia.
- JdeBP 7y ago2009, in fact. I put it in the further reading.
- kelnos 7y agoTo be fair, the third 'ifconfig' implementation is not compatible with the original in command-line options or in output, so adopting it would require changes just as adopting 'ip' does.
- JdeBP 7y agoTwo priors ("original" not really being the right word), each already not compatible with the other. * http://jdebp.uk./Softwares/nosh/guide/commands/ifconfig.xml#COMPATIBILITY http://jdebp.uk./Softwares/nosh/guide/commands/ifconfig.xml#...