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* Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up
  @ 2013-12-07 15:04 99%                 ` Peter Stuge
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From: Peter Stuge @ 2013-12-07 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-dev

Rich Freeman wrote:
> Now that Gentoo apparently offers a wide selection of network
> managers, perhaps it makes sense to have the user pick which
> one they want to use.

+1


Rick Zero_Chaos Farina wrote:
> Choice is fine, I love choice, but to have a user unpack a stage tarball
> and find no way at all to handle their networking.... that's just ugly.

The system where you unpack the stage likely already handles networking.


> I would say it is rare enough to not need net that removing all
> networking options from stage3 is near suicidal.

I disagree. Not everything is connected. I also like that there's no
syslog and no cron in stage3.


> I can do all kinds of amazing things on a system without an MTA. 
> But if I have no net I can't even install net....

If you need net then make sure to install the manager you prefer
during installation.

I think that makes a lot of sense.


//Peter


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2013-12-07 12:42     [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up Rich Freeman
2013-12-07 14:22     ` Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
2013-12-01 10:20       ` Alessandro DE LAURENZIS
2013-12-02 20:28         ` William Hubbs
2013-12-02 21:19           ` Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
2013-12-02 21:24             ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-12-03 17:32               ` Alexander V Vershilov
2013-12-03 21:11                 ` William Hubbs
2013-12-07  5:52                   ` Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
2013-12-07 15:04 99%                 ` Peter Stuge

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