Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 01/20] bridge: vni: Accept 'del' command

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:57:08 -0800

On Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:07:13 -0500
Benjamin Poirier <[email-masked]> wrote:

> `bridge vni help` shows "bridge vni { add | del } ..." but currently
> `bridge vni del ...` errors out unexpectedly:
> 	# bridge vni del
> 	Command "del" is unknown, try "bridge vni help".
> 
> Recognize 'del' as a synonym of the original 'delete' command.
> 
> Fixes: 45cd32f9f7d5 ("bridge: vxlan device vnifilter support")
> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <[email-masked]>
> Tested-by: Petr Machata <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <[email-masked]>

Please no.
We are blocking uses of matches() and now other commands will want more synonyms
Instead fix the help and doc.