[bug-inetutils] Re: ifconfig -a on linux x86-64 + glibc

[Chris Webb]

Chris Webb <address@hidden> writes:

> There remains a second bug with inetutils ifconfig on linux: ifconfig only
> displays active interfaces, whether or not -a is given. As far as I can see,
> SIOCGIFCONF is only returning active interfaces. I'll take a look at that 
> next.

Reading the documentation and kernel source code, this looks like it is
working as designed. I notice that system/linux.c has code to read from
/proc/net/dev for finding information on specific interfaces. Perhaps on
linux this would be a better bet for doing interface lists as well?

Cheers,

Chris.