* 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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