Jan de Groot schrieb:
IMHO rc.sysinit should always enable the lo interface, unless it is specifically disabled (look for interfaces=(!lo) or !network in DAEMONS). Yes, this is inconsistent with the way we work in arch, but it will lower the amount of bugreports we get for this, while still giving people control over their lo interface if they want to disable it on purpose.
I agree on always bringing up lo. This should actually be hardcoded: Everybody needs lo, nobody needs it any differently. However, there should be no special handling of lo in rc.d/network in the way you propose, as this would make the scripts ugly and non-KISS. I don't see a problem with simply hardcoding this (you can put it right in the beginning, even before udev if you like).