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Date:      Sun, 3 Jun 2012 12:15:35 +0000
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        darrenr@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bin/102701 - ifconfig xx0 inet6 delete always fails
Message-ID:  <9D90684A-84DA-436F-BF38-F07EC4394863@lists.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <4FCAEDBC.7080602@freebsd.org>
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On 3. Jun 2012, at 04:53 , Darren Reed wrote:

> On 3/06/2012 5:11 AM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> 
>> On 2. Jun 2012, at 15:53 , Darren Reed wrote:
>> ...
>> Parameters go last as clearly stated in the beginning of the man page and
>> that works well:
>> 
>> root@lion3:/home/test # ifconfig lo0 inet6 2001:db8:ffff::ffff/128 alias
>> root@lion3:/home/test # ifconfig lo0 inet6 2001:db8:ffff::ffff/128 delete
>> root@lion3:/home/test # 
>> 
>> 
>> The fact that for inet you could give it in the beginning and other minor
>> things leniently allowed have caused a lot of trouble the last years.
> 
> This also works:
> 
> ifconfig lo0 inet6 alias 2001:db8:ffff::ffff/128
> 
> ... so it seems strange for delete to not also work like that.

Hmm, that wasn't supposed to work either for v6.  *grml*


> Anyway, if the current behaviour isn't a bug and that PR won't be
> fixed (or the patch won't be applied) then someone should close it
> out.

It is.  It says  State:	closed  when I look it up.

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                 You have to have visions!
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