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From: Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New network config for baselayout-ng
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:42:38
Message-Id: 1170891593.14435.36.camel@onyx.private.gni.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] New network config for baselayout-ng by Roy Marples
1 On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:16 +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
2 > OK, so everyone wants to keep their conf.d/net in bash. Fine by me.
3 >
4 > Welcome to baselayout-ng which will be a virtual and will not require
5 > bash.
6
7 Good. Maybe now we can get rid of the pretty much non functional
8 baselayout-lite which basically only every provided an /etc/inittab and
9 made a few device nods.
10
11 > Now that's out of the way, let's discuss configuration :)
12 >
13 > We still need something that is "array like" for want of a better
14 > phrase, so how about delimiting using ; like so
15 > config_eth0="10.1.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0; 10.1.1.2/24"
16
17 The ; seems logical.
18
19 >
20 > You could even use bash expansion here, provided that bash is your shell
21 > config_eth0="10.1.1.{1..30}/8; 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
22 >
23 > See, that's not too bad is it?
24
25 Nope.
26
27 > Thanks
28 >
29 > Roy
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31 Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
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