ipv6_ifconfig_<ifname> vs ifconfig_<ifname>_ipv6

[Hiroki Sato]

Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> wrote
  in <4E3C2DDA.7060700 at delphij.net>:

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de> Hi,
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de> It seems that in 9.x the preferred way of configuring an IPv6 enabled
de> interface have been changed from ipv6_ifconfig_<ifname> to
de> ifconfig_<ifname>_ipv6, and there is no corresponding way of configuring
de> aliases as they are merged into ifconfig_<ifname>_alias<X>.
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de> Will ipv6_ifconfig_<ifname> and _alias be removed in 10, or they would
de> stay for a while?  This would need some changes in third party software
de> like FreeNAS and ifconfig_<ifname>_ipv6 is not yet supported in 8.x I think.

 $ipv6_ifconfig_* will be removed in 10.

-- Hiroki
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