On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:19:58 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:45:57 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> > wrote:
(...) >> > I think you may be confusing 'ifconfig / iwconfig' and ifupdown. The >> > former are *nix standard tools; the latter is a Debian-specific >> > package that contains the utilities ifup / ifdown, which work with >> > the file /etc/network/interfaces to manipulate network interfaces. >> > IIUC, this is a higher level interface which calls ifconfig / >> > iwconfig / wpa_supplicant / dhclient and other lower level utilities >> > to do the actual work. >> >> I have not mentioned "ifupdown" but "ifup" :-) > > Ifup is a command from the ifupdown package. Yes. And it's also the name of the way for setting up the network parameters in openSUSE. Sorry if that has confused you. >> And I've been calling "ifup" to the old method for setting up the >> networking interfaces that I have been using years ago. "Ifup" was the >> name I used in openSUSE for ifconfig tools (not just a binary file), so >> the naming confusion problem can come from here. > > I know nothing about openSUSE. This is a Debian list, and 'ifup' in this > context refers to a Debian specific script from the ifupdown package. It's okay, I thought "ifup" was a common way for designating the old method for configuring the networking stuff in contrast to the new Network Manager option. Maybe that was an openSUSE specific denomination, I beg your perdon for having an openSUSE past ;-) > And your comments are not coherent, anyway. You expressed an expectation > that the kernel people document using 'ifup' with 'iw'. But 'iw' itself > is documented quite nicely - and the only thing not documented is how to > use it with 'ifupdown', which, as I've explained, is not their > responsibility. No, that's not what I said. Please, re-read the whole thread and specially message ID "<pan.2011.10.26.14.20...@gmail.com>". >> >> Anyway, whatever method is proposed by iw devels should be >> >> docummented so users and distributions can adapt it to their needs, >> >> don't you think? >> > >> > iw is documented quite nicely: >> > >> > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw >> >> Yes, I know... I mentioned that page in the very first of my posts to >> this thread ;-) > > Okay - so what are you complaining is not documented? Me? No sir... you must have misread the thread. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.10.26.16.56...@gmail.com
