On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 11:58:06AM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 13/02/2026 10:19 am, Anthony PERARD wrote: > > From: Anthony PERARD <[email protected]> > > > > Package "bridge-utils" have been removed from the official repos, it > > contained `brctl`. That utility is used by network hotplug scripts, > > but they already check if it is available and switch to use "iproute2" > > (`ip`) when not. > > > > Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <[email protected]> > > Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <[email protected]> > > Right now, README lists bridge-utils as a hard prereq, and this is not > true any longer. > > iproute is also listed as a hard prereq. Should we merge these two > lines with a logical or?
Well, iproute2 is an actual hard requirement, `ip` is used in many places without alternative. On the other end, `brctl` is optional, but will be used if exist. I don't know which version of iproute2 is needed in order to not need brctl anymore. Cheers, -- Anthony PERARD
