netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] iplink: document the 'link change' subcommand

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:25:14 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] iplink: document the 'link change' subcommand

On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:12:18 +0200
Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com> wrote:

> ip link can set parameters both via the 'set' and 'change' keyword.
> In fact, 'change' is an alias for 'set'.
> Document this in the help and manpage.
> 
> Fixes: 1d93483985f0 ("iplink: use netlink for link configuration")
> Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>

Probably just done originally for compatibility in some way with ip route.
Not sure if it really needs to be documented.