[PATCH] first pass at the "ip" patch
Glenn L. McGrath
bug1 at ihug.co.nz
Fri Apr 14 23:37:57 UTC 2006
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:32:21 -0400 (EDT)
"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:
> ok, no problem, i was just asking. OTOH, is its functionality exactly
> equivalent to one or more of the other applets? that way, maybe we
> can just combine a few things.
Its a convenience, it just parses a config file and derives and runs the
appropiate ifconfig and route, or ip commands.
If you know the syntax for ifconfig && route or ip then you could
create a script much smaller than the size of ifupdown.
But ifupdown is the standard debian way to bring up and shut down
interfaces, it is a very nice luxury to have for some people.
I think debian-installer may also use it, not 100% sure.
Glenn
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