[BusyBox 0001518]: display ipv6 address issus

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The following issue requires your FEEDBACK. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1518 
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Reported By:                arprip
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1518
Category:                   Networking Support
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             10-02-2007 19:27 PDT
Last Modified:              10-11-2007 03:23 PDT
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Summary:                    display ipv6 address issus
Description: 
Even use busybox 1.7.2 , I still can not see the ipv6 link local address by
ifconfig .
Here is the log
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br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:05:5D:21:99:96
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: h?.xA/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:261 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:24678 (24.0 KiB)  TX bytes:15610 (15.2 KiB)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:05:5D:21:99:96
          inet6 addr: h?.xA/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:32743 (31.9 KiB)  TX bytes:16052 (15.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:6 Base address:0x6000

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:05:5D:21:99:95
          inet6 addr: h?.xA/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: h?.xA/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:9836 (9.6 KiB)  TX bytes:9836 (9.6 KiB)
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 vda - 10-11-07 03:23  
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Works for me:

# ./busybox ifconfig if 44::4/128

# ./busybox ifconfig -a
if        Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:17:6D:77:DB
          inet6 addr: 44::4/128 Scope:Global
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:23

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:3863 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3863 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:340266 (332.2 KiB)  TX bytes:340266 (332.2 KiB)

# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,10000> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: if: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:16:17:6d:77:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 44::4/128 scope global tentative
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Example of working .config attached.

Please upload your .config 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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10-02-07 19:27  arprip         New Issue                                    
10-02-07 19:27  arprip         Status                   new => assigned     
10-02-07 19:27  arprip         Assigned To               => BusyBox         
10-11-07 03:23  vda            Note Added: 0002819                          
10-11-07 03:23  vda            File Added: .config_good                     
10-11-07 03:23  vda            Status                   assigned => feedback
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