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[src/trunk]: src/sbin/ifconfig note that ifconfig delete does not work for IPv6



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/26fff21136dd
branches:  trunk
changeset: 481468:26fff21136dd
user:      itojun <itojun%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Jan 31 18:02:01 2000 +0000

description:
note that ifconfig delete does not work for IPv6
this is intentional - IPv6 assumes multiple addresses on an interface,
and it is not very safe to "delete" arbitrary one.  -alias with
explicit IPv6 address works fine.

diffstat:

 sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 |  7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (21 lines):

diff -r d0b9180d64c2 -r 26fff21136dd sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8  Mon Jan 31 17:22:28 2000 +0000
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8  Mon Jan 31 18:02:01 2000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.30 2000/01/31 17:22:28 itojun Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.31 2000/01/31 18:02:01 itojun Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@
 If you have incorrectly set an NS address having the side effect
 of specifying the host portion, removing all NS addresses will
 allow you to respecify the host portion.
+.Cm delete
+does not work for IPv6 addresses.
+Use
+.Fl alias
+with explicit IPv6 address instead.
 .It Cm dest_address
 Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end
 of a point to point link.



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