Re: feedback as solicited by Guix manual (Section 7.1.5)

[Alex Kost]

Tomáš Čech (2016-06-01 07:53 +0300) wrote:

> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:10:21PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>Matthew Jordan <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> mentions using ifconfig, correct me if I"m wrong but isn't ifconfig
>>> considered deprecated?
>>
>>This ifconfig (part of GNU Inetutils) is maintained, so I think it’s
>>fine.  :-)
>
> Yes, ifconfig is considered deprecated for more than decade. I'm not
> networking guy but colleague of mine who is told me that ifconfig is
> just ugly wrapper not reflecting how the kernel is handling it.
> http://serverfault.com/questions/633087/where-is-the-statement-of-deprecation-of-ifconfig-on-linux
>
> iproute2 is way to go.

I would also prefer to see "ip" command instead of "ifconfig" in the
manual.  Alternatively both can be mentioned..

-- 
Alex