routing UAPI mismatch invalid state behavior?

Hi,

I figure out some problem, easy to reproduce:

# setup dummy
$ modprobe dummy
$ ip link set dummy0 up

# issue
$ ip route replace default via 169.254.65.37 dev dummy0
RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable

so it will forbid me to do that, but:

$ ip route replace 169.254.65.37 dev dummy0
$ ip route replace default via 169.254.65.37 dev dummy0
$ ip route del 169.254.65.37 dev dummy0

allows me to do that. Is there now a invalid state in my routing table
or is it an expected behavior?

- Alex