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From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:32:09
Message-Id: 20131204223152.GA19756@linux1
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up by Mike Gilbert
1 On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 04:30:30PM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:
2 > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
3 > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote:
4 > >> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in
5 > >> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style
6 > >
7 > > What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in
8 > > stage 3?
9 > >
10 >
11 > That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other
12 > basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also
13 > select a network config framework seems logical.
14 >
15 > Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand
16 > is impractical?
17
18 Personally, I don't know of one. Does anyone else?
19
20 William

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Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up Martin Gysel <m.gysel@×××××.com>