Mark Smith schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry not to preserve the list/thread ID, I read the list via nntp/gmane, so
> please also CC' me directly for replies.
>
>> # ip -6 addr show dev eth0 |grep -w inet6 |grep -w global
> inet6 2001:db8:0:1::253/64 scope global <- #2 !!!!
> inet6 2001:db8:0:1::11/64 scope global <- #1
>
>> So the last added on is now the first in list. Also, it gets no
>> "secondary" flag and "ip" doesn't even support this flag.
>
>> And the worse thing is that the first one in list (= last added one) is
>> now used as default for outgoing connections. Can be easily tested using
>> "ping6".
>
>
>> Is this a bug (I hope so) or a (undocumented?) feature?
>
> Could it be because the new address as a newer and therefore longer
> preferred and valid lifetimes, and therefore becomes a more preferred
> IPv6 source address to use for new connections ?
Hmm, both addresses have:
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Peter
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