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Re:Linux maintains bugs: The real reason ifconfig on Linux i... by yencabulator on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:13PM (#22670401)
That's exactly what happened. Nobody bothered rewriting ifconfig to use the new APIs, because `ip` was the new hotness (and much more flexible and if not saner, at least differently insane).
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