Re: Duplicate routes

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:34:30 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Keith Owens wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:09:02 -0000 (GMT),
> Simon Kenyon <simon@koala.ie> wrote:
> >why are these routes being created automatically
> >can they not be created manually?
> >is this automatic creation considered a feature (a good? feature)
> >what is the rationale?
>
> They are *not* duplicate routes, even though they look like it.
[SNIPPED]

Proof that they are:

Script started on Thu Feb 18 21:45:14 1999
# cat /proc/net/route
Iface Destination Gateway Flags RefCnt Use Metric Mask MTU Window IRTT
ppp0 6428B2CC 00000000 0005 0 0 0 FFFFFFFF 0 0 0
ppp0 002FB2CC 6428B2CC 0003 0 0 0 80FFFFFF 1500 0 0
eth0 0028B2CC 00000000 0001 0 0 0 00F8FFFF 0 0 0
eth0 0028B2CC 00000000 0001 0 0 0 00F8FFFF 0 0 0
lo 0000007F 00000000 0001 0 0 0 000000FF 0 0 0
eth0 00000000 0128B2CC 0003 0 0 1 00000000 0 0 0
# exit
exit
Script done on Thu Feb 18 21:45:34 1999

It is absurd to deny the existance of a known bug.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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