[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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