netdev - why does promote_secondaries default to off? (was: iproute2: removing primary address removes secondaries)

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:26:41 +0100
From:	martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net>
To:	netdev discussion list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: why does promote_secondaries default to off? (was: iproute2:
	removing primary address removes secondaries)

also sprach Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com> [2008.01.11.1813 +0100]:
> There is a tweak in /proc/sys which activate secondaries promotion when a 
> primary is deleted.
>
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/promote_secondaries
>
> I think it changes the behavior to the one you wish.

Totally. That would have been the last place I had looked.
Thank you!

Do you have any idea why this isn't on by default?

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