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Subject: Re: issue: deleting one IP alias deletes all
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David Ford wrote:
> 
> Actually it is quite sane.  The tool is not.
> 
> Switch to 'ip' instead of 'ifconfig', several large distros now include
> it.  Addresses can be added and removed completely indiscriminately on
> interfaces.
> 
> The "ethN:X" is a legacy design that is now deprecated.

Minor issue...if I create (using 'ip') two addresses on the same subnet on the
same device, one of them is primary and the other is secondary.  If I then
delete the primary address, the second one goes with it.

I submit that this is bad behaviour.

Chris


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