[arch-dev-public] iproute2 and initscripts
Hi Ronald, As we have now moved initscripts to use iproute2, rather than the ancient net-tools, a minor issue cropped up. For users who have /usr on a separate partition, we need to start the loopback device before /usr is mounted. This obviously won't work when ip is in /usr/sbin/. What is your take on this? Would you be happy to copy (or move + symlink) ip to /sbin? The alternative is to say that we do not support such setups (a case could be made for this, as many things out of our control are bound to break), but I'm not too keen on breaking people's boots if we can help it... Cheers, Tom
On 04/06/11 23:15, Tom Gundersen wrote:
Hi Ronald,
As we have now moved initscripts to use iproute2, rather than the ancient net-tools, a minor issue cropped up. For users who have /usr on a separate partition, we need to start the loopback device before /usr is mounted. This obviously won't work when ip is in /usr/sbin/. What is your take on this? Would you be happy to copy (or move + symlink) ip to /sbin? The alternative is to say that we do not support such setups (a case could be made for this, as many things out of our control are bound to break), but I'm not too keen on breaking people's boots if we can help it...
It is actually fairly standard for ip to be in /sbin, so it seems reasonable just to move it. Allan
Am 04.06.2011 15:22, schrieb Allan McRae:
On 04/06/11 23:15, Tom Gundersen wrote:
Hi Ronald,
As we have now moved initscripts to use iproute2, rather than the ancient net-tools, a minor issue cropped up. For users who have /usr on a separate partition, we need to start the loopback device before /usr is mounted. This obviously won't work when ip is in /usr/sbin/. What is your take on this? Would you be happy to copy (or move + symlink) ip to /sbin? The alternative is to say that we do not support such setups (a case could be made for this, as many things out of our control are bound to break), but I'm not too keen on breaking people's boots if we can help it...
It is actually fairly standard for ip to be in /sbin, so it seems reasonable just to move it.
Allan
Be careful. Scripts might use /usr/sbin/ip hardcoded (some of my personal scripts do).
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Am 04.06.2011 15:22, schrieb Allan McRae:
On 04/06/11 23:15, Tom Gundersen wrote:
Hi Ronald,
As we have now moved initscripts to use iproute2, rather than the ancient net-tools, a minor issue cropped up. For users who have /usr on a separate partition, we need to start the loopback device before /usr is mounted. This obviously won't work when ip is in /usr/sbin/. What is your take on this? Would you be happy to copy (or move + symlink) ip to /sbin? The alternative is to say that we do not support such setups (a case could be made for this, as many things out of our control are bound to break), but I'm not too keen on breaking people's boots if we can help it...
It is actually fairly standard for ip to be in /sbin, so it seems reasonable just to move it.
Allan
Be careful. Scripts might use /usr/sbin/ip hardcoded (some of my personal scripts do).
We could keep a symlink in /usr/sbin so that we don't break scripts that expect it there.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool@gmail.com> wrote:
We could keep a symlink in /usr/sbin so that we don't break scripts that expect it there.
Yes, this would be my favorite. Move it to /sbin and symlink from /usr/sbin. -t
Op 4 jun. 2011 18:01 schreef "Tom Gundersen" <teg@jklm.no> het volgende:
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool@gmail.com>
wrote:
We could keep a symlink in /usr/sbin so that we don't break scripts that expect it there.
Yes, this would be my favorite. Move it to /sbin and symlink from /usr/sbin.
-t
Seems fine. I can do it when I'm back home in a few days, but feel free to do it earlier if you need it. Ronald
participants (5)
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Allan McRae
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Eric Bélanger
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Ronald van Haren
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Thomas Bächler
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Tom Gundersen