"A month of sundays ago Pekka Savola wrote:"
> > "A month of sundays ago Pekka Savola wrote:"
> > > I just found a serious bug in 2.2.15 (probably also previous versions,
> > > didn't check) w/ IPv6 and IP Aliasing support compiled in.
> >
> > This is a "bug" that I've mentioned a few times now. The standard
> > answer here is that it's meant to be that way, use a 255.255.255.255
> > netmask in the ifconfig command, use other if tools, ...
>
> If this was the case regardless of IPv6, it _might_ be considered a
> Microsoft-ish "feature".
Oh, I agree with you. Try getting rid of an alias on lo:0 once you have
put it up. Downing the interface gets rid of lo too. Upping lo brings
back lo:0 also. The best I can do is change the alias to something
else.
Peter
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