Am 31.03.2014 20:40, schrieb Josh Triplett: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 04:36:47PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 30.03.2014 23:00, schrieb Josh Triplett: >>> NetworkManager 0.9.10 upstream will add support for a .d configuration >>> directory, and syntax to incrementally enable plugins >>> (plugins+=pluginname). This would allow a package like ifupdown to ship >>> a configuration file enabling and configuring the ifupdown plugin, which >>> could then otherwise remain disabled. >> >> This is certainly an interesting idea, but there a few issues: >> a/ the ifupdown plugin not only parses /etc/network/interface but e.g. >> also provides the hostname information stored in /etc/hostname, which we >> want even if ifupdown is not installed. > > That shouldn't be in the ifupdown plugin; NetworkManager should ideally > be unconditionally getting it from /etc/hostname or from hostnamed.
Getting it unconditionally is a bit problematic, since on most distributions /etc/hostname didn't exist. Now that systemd chose to use /etc/hostname, the situation is a bit different. Care to forward that to upstream? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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