swift       11/10/23 09:46:14

  Modified:             hb-net-modules.xml
  Log:
  Bug #387697 - OpenRC prefers iproute2 over ifconfig by default. Thanks to Grant Edwards for reporting

Revision  Changes    Path
1.27                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-net-modules.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-net-modules.xml?rev=1.27&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-net-modules.xml?rev=1.27&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-net-modules.xml?r1=1.26&r2=1.27

Index: hb-net-modules.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-net-modules.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -r1.26 -r1.27
--- hb-net-modules.xml	14 Aug 2011 16:12:13 -0000	1.26
+++ hb-net-modules.xml	23 Oct 2011 09:46:14 -0000	1.27
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-net-modules.xml,v 1.26 2011/08/14 16:12:13 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-net-modules.xml,v 1.27 2011/10/23 09:46:14 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 different DHCP clients, setting up bonding, bridging, VLANs and more.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>9</version>
-<date>2011-08-13</date>
+<version>10</version>
+<date>2011-10-23</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Network Modules</title>
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 </note>
 
 <pre caption="Module preference">
-<comment># Prefer iproute2 over ifconfig</comment>
-modules="iproute2"
+<comment># Prefer ifconfig over iproute2</comment>
+modules="ifconfig"
 
 <comment># You can also specify other modules for an interface
 # In this case we prefer pump over dhcpcd</comment>
@@ -65,16 +65,17 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-<c>ifconfig</c> is the current Gentoo default and it's included in the system
-profile. <c>iproute2</c> is a more powerful and flexible package, but it's not
-included by default.
+<c>ifconfig</c> is installed by default (the <c>net-tools</c> package is part of
+the system profile). <c>iproute2</c> is a more powerful and flexible package,
+but it's not included by default.
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="To install iproute2">
 # <i>emerge sys-apps/iproute2</i>
 
-<comment># To prefer iproute2 over ifconfig if both are installed</comment>
-modules="iproute2"
+<comment># To prefer ifconfig over iproute2 if both are installed as openrc prefers
+# to use iproute2 then</comment>
+modules="ifconfig"
 </pre>
 
 <p>