[Linux-ha-dev] IPaddr2 gives a spurious warning on stop

[Alan Robertson]

Tuomo Soini wrote:
> Thomas Guyot-Sionnest wrote:
> 
>> IMHO omiting the netmask is a bad thing. It will create a /32 ip and a /32
>> cannot commmunicate with anything (though it might work if ppl create a 2nd
>> address on the same net...)
> 
> That's not true. /32 is not default for other than LVS. By default
> previous netmask of device is used.  But I agree that netmask should be
> required parameter instead of trying to guess correct one.

Lots of people have used the guessing feature to good effect -
especially to get started.

I'm currently rewriting IPaddr* and their interface to findif.  Someone
really broke it in converting them to R2.  Don't know why no one has
complained about them before.

Guess I should hurry up and finish them.

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