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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:30:44
Message-Id: CAJ0EP40tcMaDrjZMdyvUmpzgX8jTufOfXzvbc5QvMRnuN3nTjg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up by William Hubbs
1 On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote:
3 >> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in
4 >> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style
5 >
6 > What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in
7 > stage 3?
8 >
9
10 That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other
11 basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also
12 select a network config framework seems logical.
13
14 Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand
15 is impractical?

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o>