Re: issue: deleting one IP alias deletes all

[Tim Hockin]

> > Switch to 'ip' instead of 'ifconfig', several large distros now include
> > it.  Addresses can be added and removed completely indiscriminately on
> > interfaces.
> > 
> > The "ethN:X" is a legacy design that is now deprecated.
> 
> Minor issue...if I create (using 'ip') two addresses on the same subnet on the
> same device, one of them is primary and the other is secondary.  If I then
> delete the primary address, the second one goes with it.
> 
> I submit that this is bad behaviour.

This is the same behavior for which I am proposing fixing.  The origin of
the thread, if you will.

Tim