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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/conf.d/net
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On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 20:52, Chad M. Huneycutt wrote:
> Is there a reason someone went through all the trouble of hacking
> runscript.sh use /etc/conf.d/net for the net.* scripts and /etc/conf.d/foo
> for all other scripts foo.  It seems just as logical (and easier) to just
> use /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 for /etc/init.d/net.eth0
> 
> Just something I came across while I was scouring the init scripts.

It's just easier to specify all your network interfaces in a single file
rather than having to edit several.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.