From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GF4Zi-0005vp-QV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:51:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7L7nTsE019753; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:49:29 GMT Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za (sqlprd.sybase.co.za [192.96.139.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7L7lJTM030641 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:47:21 GMT Received: from localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5320783438 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:48:47 +0200 (SAST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sybase.co.za Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IrSC15dZobEI for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:48:41 +0200 (SAST) Received: from [192.168.2.140] (unknown [192.168.2.140]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id A96C883437 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:48:38 +0200 (SAST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/conf.d/net From: Alan Mckinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20060820055221.GA4812@sympatico.ca> References: <200608191020.40691.gentoo.org@machturtle.com> <20060820055221.GA4812@sympatico.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:47:23 +0200 Message-Id: <1156146443.26520.22.camel@gentoo> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2b4b775a-48d4-417e-885c-e7fd003c3773 X-Archives-Hash: d0b06ad8fa51b6abdbf79b147ba513b9 On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 01:52 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 060819 David Corbin wrote: > > I emerged a bunch of stuff this morning, and got this: > > "Gentoo is moving toward common config file for all network interfaces. > > I looked at /etc/conf.d/net.example & it's woefully unclear > > how I port my /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 to the new file/format. > > Yes, the dox are not as detailed as they sb. > To repeat my explanation to another troubled user a few weeks ago : Philip, Docs on /etc/conf.d/net are about as clear as mud from where I sit. The last thing I need to figure out is what exactly is the difference between config_eth0 and iface_eth0 entries? config_eth0 simply does not work for me at all - if the net cable is not plugged in, dhcp takes 60 seconds to time out. But iface_eth0 realizes in less than a second that there is no network cable and does the smart thing. I once found a note in some other obscure doc that iface_eth0 seems to be the syntax for ifconfig, while config_eth0 seems to be for iproute2. Can anyone confirm or deny this? alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list