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On Sunday 13 November 2011 13:50:25 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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> Mike Frysinger schrieb: |
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> > On Sunday 13 November 2011 13:04:57 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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> >> Mike Frysinger schrieb: |
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> >>> until we have replacement for all of its tools, it's always going to be |
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> >>> there. |
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> >> |
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> >> After net-tools is no longer needed for basic setups (which I understand |
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> >> will be still the case after the proposed changes), why should it remain |
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> >> in the system set? |
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> > |
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> > you snipped the following sentence where i explained why net-tools can't |
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> > be removed. iproute2 replaces *most* of net-tools, not *all*. |
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> And do we need *all* of net-tools for basic setups? You said that |
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> currently openrc uses the host and domain name tools, but iirc sysctl |
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> can set hostname/domainname too (note that I do not to say that using |
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> sysctl is preferable). |
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yes, host/domain names can be set through sysctl, but as you say, that isn't |
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exactly preferable, and brings its own set of troubles. |
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-mike |