From b6d60671a1dd396d71c512894f94a7b0540fa932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ecki <ecki>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 22:49:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add a comment about alias interfaces and primary interface of
 scopes (intended to fix Debian wishlist bug #179780 and normal bug #64458)

---
 man/en_US/ifconfig.8 | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 b/man/en_US/ifconfig.8
index b9eb0a7cc..619ed0936 100644
--- a/man/en_US/ifconfig.8
+++ b/man/en_US/ifconfig.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH IFCONFIG 8 "2002-07-04" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH IFCONFIG 8 "2003-02-08" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ifconfig \- configure a network interface
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ be more verbose for some error conditions
 The name of the interface.  This is usually a driver name followed by
 a unit number, for example
 .B eth0
-for the first Ethernet interface.
+for the first Ethernet interface. If your kernel supports alias interfaces,
+you can specify them with 
+.B eth0:0
+for the first alias of eth0. You can use them to assign a second address. To
+delete an alias interface use
+.B ifconfig eth0:0 down
+. Note: for every scope (i.e. same net with address/netmask combination) all
+aliases are deleted, if you delete the first (primary).
 .TP
 .B up
 This flag causes the interface to be activated.  It is implicitly
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