Re: base-files: please ship /etc/networks and include "link-local 169.254.0.0" to it

2006-11-19 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 09:05:08PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Nov 19, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd like to receive comments about: > > > - shipping /etc/networks in netbase > > > - adding 169.254.0.0 to it > > The second makes sense to me. > I am not sure. For a start,

Re: base-files: please ship /etc/networks and include "link-local 169.254.0.0" to it

2006-11-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Nov 19, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I'd like to receive comments about: >> > - shipping /etc/networks in netbase >> > - adding 169.254.0.0 to it >> The second makes sense to me. > I am not sure. For a start, I would need to add *all*

Re: base-files: please ship /etc/networks and include "link-local 169.254.0.0" to it

2006-11-19 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 19, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to receive comments about: > > - shipping /etc/networks in netbase > > - adding 169.254.0.0 to it > The second makes sense to me. I am not sure. For a start, I would need to add *all* /24 in the link-local networks space since /etc/ne

Re: base-files: please ship /etc/networks and include "link-local 169.254.0.0" to it

2006-11-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to receive comments about: > - shipping /etc/networks in netbase > - adding 169.254.0.0 to it The second makes sense to me. Why would moving it to base-files make sense, though? I thought the theory was that a system without any network interf

base-files: please ship /etc/networks and include "link-local 169.254.0.0" to it

2006-11-19 Thread Marco d'Itri
ect: base-files: please ship /etc/networks and include "link-local 169.254.0.0" to it Package: base-files Version: 4 Severity: wishlist Hi! Please ship /etc/networks in base-files and include the following single line in it: link-local 169.254.0.0 If defined like this tools like &