We discussed that last time, and I think it was Roger who proposed a patch
to ifconfig so that it would send an ARP request first and complain if the
IP you're trying to set is already used.
We're left with the question as to whether ifconfig should by default
complain but put the IP anyway, or refuse to put the IP unless you give it
some --ignore-IP-conflict flag.
That approach is not incompatible with the kernel patch, and I believe that
both should be implemented.
Marc
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