On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sep 25, Ciprian Dorin Craciun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> As stated if ifupdown is not installed, then even the loopback adapter is not
>> brought up.
> Please explain in detail why I should bother adding code to support
> systems without a working ifupdown installed.
>
> --
> ciao,
> Marco
Well, the answer is very simple: if I want a lighweight
installation of Debian (with the minimum number of packets -- mostly
for virtual servers / appliances), many applications rely on 127.0.0.1
to work properly, which doesn't happen. Thus I could consider the
setup to be broken. (Meaning the package can be installed but can not
be used.)
(Another solution is to put ifupdown as a dependency not recommendation.)
I don't know how to put this other than this: in today's Linux
environments loopback adapter is mandatory, even if the computer is
not connected to a network. (For example CUPS relies on it for
administration, Xorg for some clients, etc.)
Ciprian Craciun.
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