Re: [bug-inetutils] Re: GNU inetutils 1.7 breaks Ubuntu GNU/Linux boot

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >    Inetutils’ ifconfig lacks ‘up’ and ‘down’ for instance:
   >
   >      $ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
   >      ifconfig: can not resolve `down': Unknown host
   >
   > What do those commands do?

   With Nettools’ ifconfig (and other implementations) they bring the
   specified interface up or down, which is quite useful.  ;-)

When I asked what those commands did, I meant from a technical point
of view; brings the interface up/down is not very descriptive for
implementing it.  In either case, Sergey will fix the bug, yay!