[Linux-ha-dev] IPaddr vs. IPaddr2

[Alan Robertson]

Dave Dykstra wrote:
> If I recall correctly, there was a discussion on this list recently about
> having IPaddr2 become the default IPaddr for Linux.  I just tried IPaddr2
> for the first time and noticed an incompatibility that I thought I should
> point out: the IP address that gets started does not show up in 'ifconfig',
> it only shows up in 'ip addr show'.  I had modified my /etc/init.d/ssh
> to look up supported IP addresses with ifconfig (because I start a more
> restricted ssh daemon on the address which is exposed to the internet),
> and that broke.  I recommend documenting the difference in the header
> comments of IPaddr2 and putting it into release notes if you do go ahead
> with making IPaddr2 the default for Linux.

Myself, I think it's a bug :-).


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