Chad Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > OTOH, i would leave ifconfig in /sbin, as it _is_ about this system, and > it doesn't provide (much) information that DNS doesn't, unless there's > sysadminning to be done. (There's also a huge amount of inertia that it > be in /sbin/ .)
inertia aside, i use ifconfig to see if i'm dialup, and if my pcmcia card made it in. lots of programs will provide usefull information without being root. > > !!!! (Don't reply without including the below, to help kill this thread!) > NOW, having said all of that, the "Inertia says leave it be!" argument is > _very_ compelling, at least for the near term. For woody (or woody+1), > moving is likely a Good thing. That's far off, though. Potato must ship. > !!!! > > So, sorry to have brought it up, and IAN-even-ADD. I will file no bug > reports, until $release+2 . > > - chad > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- (jacob kuntz) [EMAIL PROTECTED],underworld}.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (megabite systems) "think free speech, not free beer." (gnu foundataion)