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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 8f240e6ec2..ac7a7a405d 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -1173,23 +1173,14 @@ that the Ethernet protocol is much simpler than the IP protocol.") (synopsis "Utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic in Linux") (description - "Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP -networking and traffic with the Linux kernel. + "Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking +and traffic with the Linux kernel. The most important of these are +@command{ip}, which configures IPv4 and IPv6, and @command{tc} for traffic +control. Most network configuration manuals still refer to ifconfig and route as the primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave -inadequately in modern network environments. They should be deprecated, but -most distros still include them. Most network configuration systems make use -of ifconfig and thus provide a limited feature set. The /etc/net project aims -to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and -allows a system administrator to make use of all iproute2 features, including -traffic control. - -iproute2 is usually shipped in a package called iproute or iproute2 and -consists of several tools, of which the most important are @command{ip} and -@command{tc}. @command{ip} controls IPv4 and IPv6 configuration and -@command{tc} stands for traffic control. Both tools print detailed usage -messages and are accompanied by a set of manpages.") +inadequately in modern network environments, and both should be deprecated.") (license license:gpl2+))) ;; There are two packages for net-tools. The first, net-tools, is more recent |