>> The ifconfig command >> is said to be deprecated in favour of iproute ...
> Curious. The Squeeze installer, or Lenny at least, > still creates /etc/network/interfaces doesn't it? > And this file is cited in ifconfig.man but not in > ip.man. > If we are willing to take deprecation of ifconfig > seriously, how should something in the iproute > package be directed to configure the interfaces? Neither ifconfig nor ip use /e/n/i to configure nics. /e/n/i may be referred to in the "see also" section of man page of ifconfig, but it is "only" used by ifup and ifdown. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6d4219cc1002231648g69f4ad11lb2436a5a47c60...@mail.gmail.com