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

From: Allan Jude <allanjude_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:58:28 UTC
On 1/30/2025 12:02 PM, Gleb Smirnoff 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?
> 
> I created review to restore the default behavior and make new behavior
> optional:
> 
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48729
> 

Hi Gleb,

Thanks for catching this while I was traveling. I agree that too many 
things break with this change, and it makes sense to put the new 
behaviour behind the double flag (-nn).

-- 
Allan Jude