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

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Message-ID: <80DD5B99-66CA-43B7-9A57-87971984FC01@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 21:01:23 +0200
From:   Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] iplink: document the 'link change' subcommand

On July 26, 2019 8:25:14 PM GMT+02:00, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> 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.

Maybe not in the output help, but in the manpage we should state it.
-- 
Matteo Croce
per aspera ad upstream