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by ori_b 1614 days ago
On Linux, the last commit on it was about a decade ago.

On FreeBSD, the last commit on it was last week.

They're not the same tool, and FreeBSD didn't abandon their core tools, because they're part of the base system.
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tytso 1614 days ago
The last commit for the source code of ifconfig, route, et. al, for Linux was as of this writing, about six weeks ago:

https://sourceforge.net/p/net-tools/code/ci/4030929bb6f3ee6f...

It's still used in some user spaces, and the Linux kernel supports the system calls for net-tools still today, because of the Torvalds Prime Directive, "though shalt not break userspace".

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Datagenerator 1614 days ago
The FreeBSD POLA design principle makes sure fundamental tools don't disappear or worse double over the years. Linux distributions differ vastly from vendor to vendor.
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