Re: ip addr show doesn't show my ipv4 address after update, is this expected behaviour?

Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:28:27 +0800

On 6 Aug 2012 18:51, "Karol Blazewicz" <karol.blazewicz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Lukas Jirkovsky <l.jirkovsky@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > I have the same problem, but it doesn't even show the IPv6 address.
> > Only the link address is shown, which is of no use.
> >
> > iproute2 3.4.0-2:
> > ---------------------
> > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
> >     link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> >     inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
> >     inet6 ::1/128 scope host
> >        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> > 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
> > state UP qlen 1000
> >     link/ether 20:cf:30:55:81:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >     inet 10.77.116.13/24 brd 10.77.116.255 scope global eth0
> >     inet6 2a01:490:11:7488:22cf:30ff:fe55:812d/64 scope global dynamic
> >        valid_lft 2591780sec preferred_lft 604580sec
> >     inet6 fe80::22cf:30ff:fe55:812d/64 scope link
> >        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> >
> > iproute2 3.5.0-1
> > ---------------------
> > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
> >     link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
> > state UP qlen 1000
> >     link/ether 20:cf:30:55:81:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>
> $ ip -4 addr
> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
>     inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
> state UP qlen 1000
>     inet 192.168.1.2/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
>
> Read the man page for other options.

My question was when/why/whether this changed. Previously without the -4
flag it would show the ipv4 address, now the flag is necessary. Bug or
upstream change?