| 1 |
· Alan Mckinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>: |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:05 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
| 4 |
>> · Alan Mckinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>: |
| 5 |
> |
| 6 |
>> > Docs on /etc/conf.d/net are about as clear as mud from where I sit. The |
| 7 |
>> > last thing I need to figure out is what exactly is the difference |
| 8 |
>> > between config_eth0 and iface_eth0 entries? |
| 9 |
>> |
| 10 |
>> Oh, that's simple! config_eth0 exists and iface_* doesn't. Quite |
| 11 |
>> clear, as far as I'm concerned. |
| 12 |
> |
| 13 |
> Hmmm, it's now as clear as mud smeared all over a 100 foot black |
| 14 |
> obsidian monolith. If iface_* doesn't exist, then why does it work on my |
| 15 |
> machine? |
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
Maybe backwards compatability? Maybe it's simply ignored and the |
| 18 |
system is working on pure defaults which fit to your system? |
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
>> > I once found a note in some other obscure doc that iface_eth0 seems to |
| 21 |
>> > be the syntax for ifconfig, while config_eth0 seems to be for iproute2. |
| 22 |
>> > Can anyone confirm or deny this? |
| 23 |
>> |
| 24 |
>> Check out the documentation in /etc/conf.d/net.example. It'll deny |
| 25 |
>> that iface_* is for one tool and config_* for the other tool. |
| 26 |
> |
| 27 |
> I read it, but it doesn't deny anything - |
| 28 |
|
| 29 |
True. Just like it doesn't deny the (hypothetical) existance of a |
| 30 |
"alexander_skwar_is_an_idiot" configuration setting. |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
> it simply doesn't mention |
| 33 |
> iface_* at all. |
| 34 |
|
| 35 |
Which means, that it doesn't exist, IMO. It makes no sense to mention |
| 36 |
what does NOT exist, as this list would be endless. It only makes sense |
| 37 |
to mention what exists, and this *should* be a complete list. |
| 38 |
|
| 39 |
> Maybe iface_* is deprecated, but I've used it since |
| 40 |
> 2005.0 and that's what the docs said then. |
| 41 |
|
| 42 |
Fine. And now we've got 2006. |
| 43 |
|
| 44 |
> I haven't seen any updates |
| 45 |
> about it either. The baselayout ebuild has several checks at the end for |
| 46 |
> old deprecated files and veriables, but iface_* isn't one of them. |
| 47 |
|
| 48 |
File a bug about net.example not mentioning iface_* or about the baselayout |
| 49 |
ebuild not checking for the deprecated variable. |
| 50 |
|
| 51 |
Alexander Skwar |
| 52 |
-- |
| 53 |
Es ist ein Unglück, nicht genug Geist zu haben, um eine Rede zu halten |
| 54 |
und nicht genug Selbsterkenntnis, um zu schweigen. |
| 55 |
-- Jean de la Bruyère |
| 56 |
|
| 57 |
|
| 58 |
-- |
| 59 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives