Re: [bug-inetutils] ifconfig

[Mats Erik Andersson]

Torsdag den 28:e juli 2015, kl 18:57, skrev Mats Erik Andersson detta:
> it has taken me a long time to respond. I attach a preliminary
> change set that differs somewhat from your suggestion.
> 
> I will continue to test my patch variant, and I welcome others
> to respond with their findings of possible side effects. The file
> 'ifconfig/options.c' includes a comment that parse_opt_finalize() 
> "Must be reentrant!", the meaning of which for this particular
> piece of code is not obvious, but suggests care.

I had to admit my patch did not hit the point, because the
matter is more complex than first meets the eye. A change
set has now been applied to the git head. This issue must
achieve a positive resolution of

  # ifconfig --up -i eth2 -A 1.2.3.4
  (no output; '--up' must be pending until after iface selection)
  # ifconfig eth2
  (multi-line output)
  # ifconfig eth2 1.3.5.7 -arp up
  (no output; in addition to address, NOARP and UP must be set)

Everyone is cordially invited to craft more test cases.

Regards,
  M E A