Bird 2.0.10: ipv6 static onlink route updates after each scan time

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 05:00:07PM +0200, Ondrej Zajicek via Bird-users wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:04:52AM +0000, Saklak, Marcin via Bird-users wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have an issue with onlink static routes bird constantly remove and add them to kernel.
> > 
> > Is this expected behavior that for ipv6 onlink route bird after each scan time remove and add route? for other static routes bird update kernel once
> 
> Hello
> 
> Onlink flag is meaningful only with explicit next hops (IPs). I would
> check how it will behave with direct routes (like in your case), but that
> is not expected usage.

Fixed by this commit:

https://gitlab.nic.cz/labs/bird/-/commit/324252975004154cc70623c94f05083bff100209

The online flaw was ignored on routes without next hop

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