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On 12-05-2011 01:45, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> All, |
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> we received a regression for openrc which prompted me to post this to |
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> the list to see what everyone thinks. The bug is |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/366905. |
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> Currently, we use one variable, config_$(INTERFACE), to configure |
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> the interfaces,. |
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> In the bsd world there are no issues, because there is only one configuration |
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> tool, ifconfig. |
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> However, in the linux world, there are two, ifconfig |
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> and iproute2, which have completely different command line syntax. |
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> Currently, we try to keep the syntax of config_* constant, which means |
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> that the scripts attempt to convert ifconfig syntax to iproute2, and |
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> the other way around. |
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> In my opinion, the best way to fix this, and the best way forward, would |
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> be to stop doing this. My plan is something like this: |
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> For the next openrc release, put in a warning that config_* is |
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> deprecated and advise the use of ifconfig_* or ipconfig_* depending on |
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> which interface handler is being used. Then, at some point in the |
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> future, remove support for config_*. |
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> Does anyone have any thoughts? |
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William, |
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isn't that the whole point of the "modules" variable in the config file? |
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One of the first things I do when configuring a new system is to edit |
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/etc/conf.d/net and I start by adding modules="iproute2" to it. |
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> Thanks, |
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> William |
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- -- |
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Regards, |
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Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org |
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Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng |
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