From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5995DC432BE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:56:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D9361056 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:56:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235292AbhHaS5T (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:57:19 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43162 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231514AbhHaS5T (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:57:19 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-x62c.google.com (mail-pl1-x62c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::62c]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B628DC061575 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:56:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pl1-x62c.google.com with SMTP id q3so12950plx.4 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:56:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=neBaH7/0larvqiBeio9tFuFjX9Lg73dBxL1DNUSIdj0=; b=LKSJOC7/q1kMFKZTO5QUL69mnMZHSsOg1eBbilmDesXXfiIyyHrzyaYOKzng0xZOEk TUiVavtxq13WQgbwZDrhvRU/qeZeVWexpiRlDiYw7D++cVviE0vaRSFNkqIIHrEEDhMi nHaP6tfBEQQaVcCfwkLgc2aY6qk4rEyUK5ciyttLGo/N3npNMplW+7wA2kEdM3asNmro 8fDDlNIpBNnPdUMqQuniIuNDYN6Rt6696P0emQx6qCn84XGdKstRa8QMvMiOfpq9z0x0 MPh0in7QX9wq3gCa289F6h1vLuvu3mCDCQqmLaUqTjckfdAjbo1o7Echjai6fcMsqYhf tZ/A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=neBaH7/0larvqiBeio9tFuFjX9Lg73dBxL1DNUSIdj0=; b=GQiNMgnbXfePIeC9hT236Ixs+TmaD+7xNL59x7bnfOTwAjjZguYmfVSTrRWcKbAvdx z2g9IJy6TsbV4wKcnuD/PoDRYrVCwVHCybriw0L1R3upioY68bCuwxtCILiyTq+OAIZ9 81MmC+Ati1gsmKOIzsIaTPa6VDpDk+zGm8oKusScAThdHWcPfWdLuwXmJlDnwF20UYP7 bI0Cu3OTuAcicIz7I74xrNeLA4k5zkWTZi6mqg6vYVRQF32bHOr0jry5j1Y5U1O6r1Ms PGWir4BVGCq7TYJFvI3zI72NFNq/6u9zOVhN0Ce6STh5Xaqk4JyUwXKaCalgZyCmYugW 9yLg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532kuBfn8EjYvhzdXLenTQAmQUyuNR0jXKPcShsBScW6hFziws47 tM4zNAk3utjIsVHOieWF0CWI6C2GfVSviQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwj9CpHkj7646R0/9egBD6s9iRuc1aNVyavaYlhUwWb9IMjXZCrQyXb4cwMYGQQd5rFXDt8jw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:390d:: with SMTP id ob13mr7118401pjb.129.1630436183172; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:56:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-33-123.wavecable.com. [204.195.33.123]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q7sm3564320pja.11.2021.08.31.11.56.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:56:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:56:19 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: David Ahern Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: [iproute2] Time to retire ifcfg script? Message-ID: <20210831115619.294cf192@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org The ifcfg script in iproute2 is quite limited (no IPv6) and doesn't really fit into any of the management frameworks. At this point, it looks like a dusty old script that needs to be retired.