From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QKhyg-0005gr-UP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 May 2011 02:19:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A95711C054; Fri, 13 May 2011 02:19:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA971C04B for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 02:19:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxm8 with SMTP id 8so1010925yxm.40 for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 19:19:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=iXAwSclQ2K4NT2UmUHAQ9iqT2BUas76N7JyXmli7JE4=; b=OrUPybO61KERnvtiDNvIFpv4LpUuEk04IS9scbl1qE1geEWtsVbvG/CMTEDZ9e/L+k /lGdegSOucQXoo39fEiz7UpYNXlhk+I9f/wZ0VMipwDs6erhZ7msGERK1GXq6uSVoWLG wUM50lQ9qI+rRzgIGne5tw2QHorGDrw7GPGvU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; b=pZQxvsxWcLbu65xJU/5lAe10drPYTVkH+bqelXngcG6p+/s/NUVm8CvZ/Mupi1ITtk el2mrqe+fMBo+bE6hub2vO9Pyu8AqvrV4sMxIrMnXC0zvC6b51B7H3bQoeAKKQ11qC+r ZUnT55JYTsGxXGW4yla9zYDpwiX4tRcTp1Eu4= Received: by 10.150.187.18 with SMTP id k18mr1010403ybf.19.1305253140194; Thu, 12 May 2011 19:19:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linux1 (cpe-76-183-49-63.tx.res.rr.com [76.183.49.63]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r18sm1055211yba.11.2011.05.12.19.18.57 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 12 May 2011 19:18:59 -0700 (PDT) Sender: William Hubbs Received: by linux1 (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 12 May 2011 21:18:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 21:18:57 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: *_iface variables in openrc network scripts Message-ID: <20110513021857.GA1992@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20110512014540.GA28033@linux1> <4DCB3F6F.5000309@gentoo.org> <20110512143414.GA30669@linux1> <4DCC7202.5040201@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DCC7202.5040201@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: a51e99e1f62ebfc86a5efad2e1d0de8e --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jorge, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:49:22PM +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: > On 12-05-2011 14:34, William Hubbs wrote: > > I'm not sure I follow. would you rather keep the config_* variable? >=20 > I think we should try to keep them. >=20 > > If so, how do you feel about requiring the syntax of the variable to > > match the tool you are using? >=20 > That's exactly what I meant. > By choosing the module one would get tied to its syntax. That should > make it simpler to parse the data. Ok, cool, this was actually my first choice, but I wasn't sure how it would go over. > I would also suggest making the > declaration of modules mandatory or for you to pick a default tool to be > used when someone doesn't declare modules. We already do this. iproute2 is preferred if you have it installed; otherwise ifconfig is used. I believe the order of preference is discussed in the net.example file. The only time you really need the modules=3D or modules_iface=3D lines is if you want to force a specific module to be preferred for an interface. William --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk3MlREACgkQblQW9DDEZTiBhgCgiwAYnq/5YysnumUlKcu/k4Pk ahYAn2pxhVbxDx8tBMK/TtE709Fc0smW =QeQE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP--