[arch-projects] [netctl] Time to move

Jouke Witteveen j.witteveen at gmail.com
Tue Feb 5 11:52:09 EST 2013


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am 05.02.2013 17:29, schrieb Jouke Witteveen:
>> But it is called netctl, and not netd. Applications usually name their
>>> /etc/ folder after themselves, that's why I suggest /etc/netctl/
>>
>> But systemctl interfaces /etc/systemd and not /etc/systemctl.
>
> Actually, systemctl only interfaces with systemd via dbus calls and
> never even touched /etc/systemd/.

I meant: netctl mimics systemctl, but the configuration files for
systemctl are not stored in /etc/systemctl.

>> We should go with either /etc/network or /etc/netctl. It's your call
>> Thomas, I'm fine with either.
>
> Actually, it's you call - but in my opinion, /etc/network is a very
> generic name which may be used by something else in the future.

Agreed. Another possibility is /etc/network/profiles.

>>> You could omit all [Install] data and create the symlinks yourself.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I will. At first I thought it would be good to use [install],
>> since it allows systemd to alter its logic, but than I saw the
>> systemctl error message when the [install] section is missing and that
>> more or less suggests netctl should place its symlinks itself.
>
> We could have a feature request to systemd for a configuration like this:
>
> [Install]
> Message=Please use netctl(1) to activate this unit.
>

Looks reasonable.


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