Re: Difference in "netstat -rn" output in the last 2 months

From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander_at_Leidinger.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:05:03 UTC
Am 2025-01-28 18:32, schrieb Maxim Sobolev:

> I also think this should be reverted back to default. "-n" refers to IP 
> to name functionality, "default" is clearly a special case. If someone 
> wants it, some other option can be added to emit 0.0.0.0/0 [1] (not 
> sure why but ok).

This was discussed in the review referenced in the commit. The -nn 
proposal was there too. Personally I agree with the rationales in favor 
of "-nn".

Bye,
Alexander.

> -Max
> 
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 5:46 PM Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 04:58:57PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> A> something has changed in the output of "netstat -rn" between
>> A> 2024-11-23-195545 and 2025-01-22-151306. The default route is not 
>> listed as
>> A> "default" anymore, but with "0.0.0.0" resp. "::/0". This breaks 
>> some tools
>> A> (e.g. iocage). Iocage uses python, I'm not sure if it uses netstat 
>> or some
>> A> other interface, so it may not be directly related to netstat 
>> itself but
>> A> could be related to some other stuff (netlink maybe?).
>> A>
>> A> Does this ring a bell for someone?
>> 
>> This is very likely changed by 
>> 9206c79961986c2114a9a2cfccf009ac010ad259.
>> 
>> Allan, may be make exclusion for the "default" to keep POLA? 
>> Otherwise,
>> indeed at time of 15.0-RELEASE we will receive some negative feedback 
>> :)
>> 
>> Maybe double -nn should introduce new behavior?
>> 
>> --
>> Gleb Smirnoff

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