Re: wg ifconfing control

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:24:08AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
> Isn't that program already horrible and complex enough, in terms
> of source code, manual page and command line options ?

	And buggy, see [1]. Reported Oct. 2021 and still present.

	I'm not against ifconfig per se, I even like the interface it exposes
to the user, a unified interface. Having dozens of commands, each configuring
a protocol or even parts of a protocol, each with its own command line
paradigm and idiosyncrasies is daunting and taxing on human memory. I like
ifconfig however, its source code is a mess---a mess similar to what a cat
makes when playing with balls of knitting yarn.


[1] <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=259003>

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