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 1GFHAX-0006Ij-Rp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:18:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7LLFtDN007101; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:15:55 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7LLDadD030479 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:13:37 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41019647EF for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:13:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10060-02 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:13:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1FD8647BD for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:13:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GFH4M-0001iU-LO for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:12:29 +0200 Received: from mue-88-130-79-103.dsl.tropolys.de ([88.130.79.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:12:26 +0200 Received: from listen by mue-88-130-79-103.dsl.tropolys.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:12:26 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Alexander Skwar Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: /etc/conf.d/net Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:11:04 +0200 Organization: =?UTF-8?B?4p2NLsK3LuKdjQ==?= Message-ID: <1400633.W7VoHeIyjZ@m-id.message-center.info> References: <200608191020.40691.gentoo.org@machturtle.com> <20060820055221.GA4812@sympatico.ca> <1156146443.26520.22.camel@gentoo> <9255127.rUmiBHuGQS@m-id.message-center.info> <1156167798.26520.73.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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mue-88-130-79-103.dsl.tropolys.de User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.569 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.030, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.569 X-Spam-Level: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k7LLFtDr007101 X-Archives-Salt: c45bd885-2103-435c-a12a-fdc5c64990a5 X-Archives-Hash: af91e84343d43f40dc732e56082c36ed =C2=B7 Alan Mckinnon : > On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:05 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: >> =C2=B7 Alan Mckinnon : >=20 >> > 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? >>=20 >> Oh, that's simple! config_eth0 exists and iface_* doesn't. Quite >> clear, as far as I'm concerned. >=20 > 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 m= y > 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 iprout= e2. >> > 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. >=20 > 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=20 > 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=20 > 2005.0 and that's what the docs said then. Fine. And now we've got 2006. > I haven't seen any updates=20 > about it either. The baselayout ebuild has several checks at the end fo= r > old deprecated files and veriables, but iface_* isn't one of them. File a bug about net.example not mentioning iface_* or about the baselayo= ut ebuild not checking for the deprecated variable. Alexander Skwar --=20 Es ist ein Ungl=C3=BCck, nicht genug Geist zu haben, um eine Rede zu halt= en und nicht genug Selbsterkenntnis, um zu schweigen. -- Jean de la Bruy=C3=A8re --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list