wok diff iproute2/description.txt @ rev 25003
updated nspr and nspr-dev (4.25 -> 4.33)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Mon May 16 14:53:05 2022 +0100 (2022-05-16) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/iproute2/description.txt Mon May 16 14:53:05 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ 1.4 +Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking 1.5 +and traffic control in Linux. 1.6 + 1.7 +Most network configuration manuals still refer to ifconfig and route as 1.8 +the primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave 1.9 +inadequately in modern network environments. 1.10 +They should be deprecated, but most distros still include them. 1.11 +Most network configuration systems make use of ifconfig and thus provide 1.12 +a limited feature set. 1.13 +The /etc/net project aims to support most modern network technologies, 1.14 +as it doesn't use ifconfig and allows a system administrator to make use 1.15 +of all iproute2 features, including traffic control.