Re: Please RUMPify tests in sbin/ifconfig

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost> writes:

> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 06:25:37AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> Yes, but we are not just talking about skipping the test once the panic
>> is known.  We are talking about ensuring that on-by-default tests do not
>> change the configuration of the test system.
>
> Sure: this is a non-issue, as all of these tests restore a system's state.
> If not, there is a bug and the corresponding test should be fixed.

I think 'restore' is much too weak a test.  A program running on the
host should not see errors from a down interface, TCP connections from
outside should not break, etc.

Please adjust to some kind of "enable disruptive tests" flag.