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From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: openrc: use iproute2 for all network handling in linux
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:50:59
Message-Id: 4EC01171.6040107@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: openrc: use iproute2 for all network handling in linux by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger schrieb:
2 > On Sunday 13 November 2011 13:04:57 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote:
3 >> Mike Frysinger schrieb:
4 >>> until we have replacement for all of its tools, it's always going to be
5 >>> there.
6 >>
7 >> After net-tools is no longer needed for basic setups (which I understand
8 >> will be still the case after the proposed changes), why should it remain
9 >> in the system set?
10 >
11 > you snipped the following sentence where i explained why net-tools can't be
12 > removed. iproute2 replaces *most* of net-tools, not *all*.
13
14 And do we need *all* of net-tools for basic setups? You said that
15 currently openrc uses the host and domain name tools, but iirc sysctl
16 can set hostname/domainname too (note that I do not to say that using
17 sysctl is preferable).
18
19
20 Best regards,
21 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn

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