Re: ifconfig v2

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Jun 11, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost> wrote:

>>>        inet 169.254.162.222 prefixlen 16
>>>        inet6 fe80::226:2dff:fef3:c8c7%wm0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> 
>> If you want to do that, please use
> 
>>   inet 169.253.162.222/16
> 
>> which is more standard notation (so-called "CIDR" notation) for IPv4.
> 
> Indeed, some programs accept it for v6 as well.  But - unless you also
> propose to break noncontiguous netmasks completely - you have to be
> prepared to report the mask as other than a width if it's
> noncontiguous.

Breaking noncontiguous netmasks sounds like a good idea to me.