misc/85445: deprecated keyword to ifconfig inoperative

[Roy Badami]

>Number:         85445
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       deprecated keyword to ifconfig inoperative
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Aug 29 16:40:23 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Roy Badami
>Release:        5.4-RELEASE-p4
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD darla.gnomon.org.uk 5.4-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p4 #1: Tue Jul 12 22:57:51 BST 2005 root at darla.gnomon.org.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DARLA  i386
>Description:
Creating a deprecated IPv6 address using the (undocumented) deprecated keyword to ifconfig is ineffective.

Workaround: use the (undocumented) construct 'pltime 0'
>How-To-Repeat:
ifconfig <interface> inet6 <address> deprecated

Note that that the address is not marked as deprecated
>Fix:
      
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