From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RGYMj-0000KA-3Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:47:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F52321C10F; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F40721C05A for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:46:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4F41B4008 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:46:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -4.013 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.013 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.221, BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.504, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL=0.01] 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 H3Cx8d0mLbDg for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:46:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B429D1B400C for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:46:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGYL7-0003Ow-5S for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:45:57 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:45:57 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:45:57 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How to configure eth1:1 ? Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:45:44 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4E9CA12C.5070801@binarywings.net> <4E9CA283.1060000@binarywings.net> <20111018150959.GD4396@ksp.sk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7d91275ceb9386e811cd8984374b6f87 On 2011-10-18, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-10-18, YoYo Siska wrote: > >> From /usr/share/doc/openrc-0.7.0/net.example: >> >> ############################################################################## >> # INTERFACE HANDLERS >> # >> # We provide two interface handlers presently: ifconfig and iproute2. >> # You need one of these to do any kind of network configuration. >> # For ifconfig support, emerge sys-apps/net-tools >> # For iproute2 support, emerge sys-apps/iproute2 >> >> # If you don't specify an interface then we prefer iproute2 if it's installed >> # To prefer ifconfig over iproute2 >> #modules="ifconfig" > > Apparenty the handbook is out of date. > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=3 > > 3.b. Interface Handlers > > We provide two interface handlers presently: ifconfig and iproute2. > You need one of these to do any kind of network configuration. > > ifconfig is the current Gentoo default and it's included in the > system profile. iproute2 is a more powerful and flexible package, > but it's not included by default. > Done. After re-reading those paragraphs a couple times, I've concluded that the authors are talking about what is _installed_ by default, not what is _used_ by default. In my bug report I've suggested that both be explained. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Make me look like at LINDA RONSTADT again!! gmail.com