Re: [gentoo-dev] Network configuration and bash

[Roy Marples]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 19:27:40 +0100
"Fernando J. Pereda" <ferdy@g.o> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 06:17:16PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> > Hi List
>
> Hi Roy,
>
> > [snip]
> >
> > So, to free baselayout of forcing bash down our throats I/we am/are
> > looking at re-writing our network setup, including configuration.
> >
> > Who's got any bright ideas for a new config then? Lets brain storm!
>
> It is a good format and easy to write and parse in C, why change it ?
>
> Just tell people to stop treating config files like bash scripts and
> everything will be fine.
>
> Or am I missing something?

Well, the stuff in /etc/init.d/ and /etc/conf.d will stay as shell
scripts - just not bash specific scripts.

The stuff that handles our networking maybe written in A.N.
Other-Language (Mrs.), but keeping /etc/conf.d/net readable by a shell
script does have advantages.

Thanks

Roy
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