Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: *_iface variables in openrc network scripts

[William Hubbs]

Hi Jorge,

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 02:01:19AM +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> On 12-05-2011 01:45, William Hubbs wrote:
> > In my opinion, the best way to fix this, and the best way forward, would
> > be to stop doing this. My plan is something like this:
> >
> > For the next openrc release, put in a warning that config_* is
> >   deprecated and advise the use of ifconfig_* or ipconfig_* depending on
> >   which interface handler is being used. Then, at some point in the
> >   future, remove support for config_*.
> >
> >   Does anyone have any thoughts?
>
> William,
>
> isn't that the whole point of the "modules" variable in the config file?
> One of the first things I do when configuring a new system is to edit
> /etc/conf.d/net and I start by adding modules="iproute2" to it.

I'm not sure I follow. would you rather keep the config_* variable?

If so, how do you feel about requiring the syntax of the variable to
match the tool you are using?
That would mean that the following snippets would not work:

modules="iproute2"
config_iface="x.x.x.x netmask y.y.y.y broadcast z.z.z.z"
# the above is using ifconfig syntax with the iproute2 module

modules="ifconfig"
config_iface="x.x.x.x/y broadcast z.z.z.z"
# This is using iproute2 syntax with the ifconfig module.

William