[gentoo-user] Re: Re: /etc/conf.d/net

[Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>]

· Alan Mckinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za>:

> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:05 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> · Alan Mckinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za>:
> 
>> > 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?
>> 
>> Oh, that's simple! config_eth0 exists and iface_* doesn't. Quite
>> clear, as far as I'm concerned.
> 
> Hmmm, it's now as clear as mud smeared all over a 100 foot black
> obsidian monolith. If iface_* doesn't exist, then why does it work on my
> machine?

Maybe backwards compatability? Maybe it's simply ignored and the
system is working on pure defaults which fit to your system?

>> > 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?
>>
>> Check out the documentation in /etc/conf.d/net.example. It'll deny
>> that iface_* is for one tool and config_* for the other tool.
> 
> I read it, but it doesn't deny anything -

True. Just like it doesn't deny the (hypothetical) existance of a
"alexander_skwar_is_an_idiot" configuration setting.

> it simply doesn't mention 
> iface_* at all.

Which means, that it doesn't exist, IMO. It makes no sense to mention
what does NOT exist, as this list would be endless. It only makes sense
to mention what exists, and this *should* be a complete list.

> Maybe iface_* is deprecated, but I've used it since 
> 2005.0 and that's what the docs said then.

Fine. And now we've got 2006.

> I haven't seen any updates 
> about it either. The baselayout ebuild has several checks at the end for
> old deprecated files and veriables, but iface_* isn't one of them.

File a bug about net.example not mentioning iface_* or about the baselayout
ebuild not checking for the deprecated variable.

Alexander Skwar
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