[arch-dev-public] [patch] remove netcfg from initscripts

Aaron Griffin aaronmgriffin at gmail.com
Wed Dec 12 19:42:37 EST 2007


On Dec 12, 2007 6:38 PM, James Rayner <iphitus at gmail.com> wrote:
> The reason for the depends was originally... this is a "breaking" change.
> People upgrade initscripts, and they no longer have any wireless scripts.
> Though it's a breaking change either way -- the configs are not backwards
> compatible.
>
> Further, should I entirely remove /etc/conf.d/wireless too, or just
> rewrite it to be 'compatible' with netcfg2? I don't want to support it in
> it's present state.

I say remove it. If it's in the backup array, pacman will overwrite it.

Would you mind providing me some text for the initscripts package
install file regarding the new netcfg changes? Just some "make sure to
X and Y and install netcfg"




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