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On Thursday 29 December 2005 19:10, Duncan wrote: |
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> How do you figure? One size doesn't fit all, but you are asking that your |
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> size fits all? |
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No, whomever made apache2 "need net" instead of "use net" made the decision |
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for me (negating the admin). Now, I cannot use apache2 locally with my laptop |
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without changing rc.conf. |
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Just for comparison NFS would be pretty useless without a non-lo network and |
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yet amazingly it's listed as "use net", not "need net" (portmap too). |
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> As for discovering the variable, it's the job of a sysadmin, which in |
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> effect everyone choosing to run Gentoo on their system is, to be familiar |
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> with at least the basic settings on their installation. This is one such |
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> basic setting, in a very general location, too, not hidden away, |
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> impossible to find. Being expected to be aware of such basic settings |
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> just comes with the territory. |
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I know the variable well. Obviously Mr. Milesi did not, and in this |
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particular case it seems an assumption, apache is only useful across a |
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non-local connection, has bit him. |
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I like Gentoo and have used it for years, because it usually doesn't make |
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assumptions for me. Also, discussions like this rarely devolve into pissing |
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matches like I was used to with other distros previously. |
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On another note, I use softlevels/custom inits extensively to work around |
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problems like this one. I can't imagine I'm the only one. I've also extended |
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the softlevels to conf.d, so I have a conf.d-laptopoffline directory to |
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correspond to the softlevel laptopoffline for alternate configs. I'm not |
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sure if this is supported otherwise. I use this for laptops and cold spare |
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servers (change their config completely at boot or with init). |
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dave |
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