Package: ifupdown Version: 0.6.10 Severity: wishlist
one of the first examples in /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/exmamples/network-interfaces.gz is: # auto eth0 # iface eth0 inet static # address 192.168.0.42 # network 192.168.0.0 # netmask 255.255.255.0 # broadcast 192.168.0.255 # gateway 192.168.0.1 I think we should be removing "network" and "broadcast" from these examples. These addresses should be calculated correctly except in cases where the user is doing sometihng so very non-standard that they know enough to find these options on their own. Showing these settings to the casual user risks making the casual user think that they should be specifying these options, which are almost never ever needed, and therefore needlessly introducing a place to make errors. thanks, stew -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ifupdown depends on: ii libc6 2.13-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii lsb-base 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii net-tools 1.60-24 The NET-3 networking toolkit ifupdown recommends no packages. Versions of packages ifupdown suggests: ii dhcp3-client 4.1.1-P1-17 ISC DHCP server (transitional pack ii iproute 20110315-1 networking and traffic control too ii isc-dhcp-client [dhcp3-clien 4.1.1-P1-17 ISC DHCP client pn ppp <none> (no description available) -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
