note that ifconfig delete does not work for IPv6

this is intentional - IPv6 assumes multiple addresses on an interface,
and it is not very safe to "delete" arbitrary one.  -alias with
explicit IPv6 address works fine.
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.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.30 2000/01/31 17:22:28 itojun Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.31 2000/01/31 18:02:01 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ was no longer needed.
If you have incorrectly set an NS address having the side effect
of specifying the host portion, removing all NS addresses will
allow you to respecify the host portion.
.Cm delete
does not work for IPv6 addresses.
Use
.Fl alias
with explicit IPv6 address instead.
.It Cm dest_address
Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end
of a point to point link.