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On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 22:09 +0000, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 03:11:57PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 12:46:38PM -0700, C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP wrote: |
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> > > Which brings me to the question, does there exist a parser/generator for |
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> > > the /etc/conf.d/net.* files? If not, would Gentoo like me to contribute |
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> > > my work on the generator, and would one of you point me to the parser? |
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> > The files in /etc/conf.d are just posix shell code; they are sourced in |
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> > /lib*/rc/runscript.sh. The actions taken depend on the service script |
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> > that reads the files. |
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> > I'll let the netifrc maintainers speak up wrt whether they would be |
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> > interested in a generator for /etc/conf.d/net.*. |
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> I'm certainly interested in a generator for the simple versions, but |
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> it's going to remain shell code, because there are some really complex |
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> configs out there, that sanely use variables to abstract & reduce |
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> complexity. |
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> As such, a parser should probably just source it, and be prepared to say |
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> 'this is too complex, do it yourself'. |
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Thanks Robin. I'll keep that in mind as I work on this. Good to know |
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there's interest in the work. I've got a basic package started and have |
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most of the functionality stubbed out. Next step is to write some |
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tests. |
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