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iproute2

TODO

Section titled “TODO”

Package

Section titled “Package”
  • Consider removing $dir/usr/lib/tc

Prepare

Section titled “Prepare”
  • arpd is not built if bdb is not detected
  • Depends on flex (the 2017 release in particular); does not build with reflex
  • iproute2 uses $YACC
  • No need to patch for musl

Build

Section titled “Build”
  • make HAVE_MNL=n stops tipc, devlink, rdma, dcb, vdpa, netshaper from being built

Package

Section titled “Package”
  • By default libnetlink.a and libnetlink.h are not installed
  • make HAVE_MNL=n install stops tipc, devlink, rdma, dcb, vdpa, netshaper from being installed

Other

Section titled “Other”
  • ip replaces ifconfig and route
  • bridge replaces brctl from bridge-utils
  • ss aka “socket statistics” replaces netstat from net-tools
  • Upstream applied ax25 as of 5.18.0
  • Upstream removed m_ipt.o as of 6.9.0

References

Section titled “References”