Bug 132912

ifconfig man page:

       add addr/prefixlen
              Add an IPv6 address to an interface.

       del addr/prefixlen
              Remove an IPv6 address from an interface.


These are IPv6 only commands. Adding additional IPv4 addresses is not
currently possible without using aliased interfaces (eth0:x).

This is an upstream kernel feature enhancement request.

NO, it's definitely NOT an upstream kernel feature request - it's 
already possible and now ;-)

The old ifconfig is already obsoleted and shouldn't be used any longer.
The current tool for IP configuration is /sbin/ip out of the iproute2 
package. And iproute2 supports more than one IPv4 address per interface 
without using aliased interfaces.

Maybe you also should have a look to bug #132925 and #134816.

You are correct the ip command will add secondary addresses to an
interface. Unfortunately this does not display in ifconfig which _is_
used everywhere else. 

This should be filed against net-tools to update ifconfig, make it
announce that it's deprecated, or remove it entirely. Although I don't
see it going away anytime soon, and addresses hidden from ifconfig
will cause confusion.

Created attachment 112252 [details]
initscripts-8.05-rsc-linux.patch

A worse hack, but still working for me for months now - and the syntax format 
should also be no problem for system-config-network...

And Matthew, you always should prefer iproute2 rather ifconfig, the confusion
by the users will hide after some time. It's always the same with new things
;-)

*** Bug 113455 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Any hope for FC5?

I guess not, since my patch is more a hack as a patch and nobody of the
Red Hat/Fedora folks is able and/or willing to provide a clean solution.
Same is at bug #132925, but it looks like that it has a chance for FC10 ;-)

We are close to releasing /etc/net 0.8.0, which will be tried to be packed for
Fedora Core/Extras. Multiple addresses just work. I hope it helps.

Denis, that sounds great, but will it really receive Fedora Core or will it
only packaged for Fedora Extras...Bill? So, if it will be just a package in 
Fedora Extras instead of replacing the current stuff in Core, it isn't the 
solution I (and maybe lots of other people) really would like to see.

I will let know when there is anything to show. There is nothing in Extras ATM
and I'm not making hope about Core.

Ping...any chance for FC6?

I am trying to continue my work.

Robert,
as long as FC6 is expected to be freezed today, there seems to be no chance, but
here is what I managed to do ATM:
#195353
#195365
I hope it helps.

Denis, it is only freeze of devel 1 of FC6 (as per http://fedoraproject.org/
wiki/Core/Schedule). Package looks nice in general, but you should review it 
using rpmlint (also in Extras). Redefining mandirs inside of the spec file is 
not what is likely seen, IIRC. But discussion should moved to the corresponding 
bug reports now...

Well, Fedora 10 is not such far away now...Bill! :)

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Hum? Since when is Rawhide no longer maintained? The problem still exists in 
Rawhide.

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The problem still exists in Rawhide.

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In the waaaaay waaaay late and hopefully better than never department.

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=ff5befb95b133cc1da3f32ffcd9f3cef779244b6