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Bug 698412

Summary: net-misc/netifrc: Feature request: Add support for IPv6 tokens
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects Reporter: Stefan00 <stefan>
Component: netifrcAssignee: netifrc Team <netifrc>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/IPv6_Static_Addresses_using_Tokens#Putting_it_together:_On_boot
Whiteboard: netifrc:ipv6
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Stefan00 2019-10-23 19:07:28 UTC
Since 2013, the linux kernel supports IPv6 Tokenized Interface Identifiers. 

Netifrc should support assigning IPv6 tokens in order to avoid workarounds like found in https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/IPv6_Static_Addresses_using_Tokens


Reproducible: Always