· Alan Mckinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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?
Oh, that's simple! config_eth0 exists and iface_* doesn't. Quite clear, as far as I'm concerned. > 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. Alexander Skwar -- Diplomatie ist die Kunst, mit hundert Worten zu verschweigen, was man mit einem einzigen Wort sagen könnte. -- Saint-John Perse -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list