On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 19:27:40 +0100 "Fernando J. Pereda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 06:17:16PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote: > > Hi List > > Hi Roy, > > > [snip] > > > > So, to free baselayout of forcing bash down our throats I/we am/are > > looking at re-writing our network setup, including configuration. > > > > Who's got any bright ideas for a new config then? Lets brain storm! > > It is a good format and easy to write and parse in C, why change it ? > > Just tell people to stop treating config files like bash scripts and > everything will be fine. > > Or am I missing something? Well, the stuff in /etc/init.d/ and /etc/conf.d will stay as shell scripts - just not bash specific scripts. The stuff that handles our networking maybe written in A.N. Other-Language (Mrs.), but keeping /etc/conf.d/net readable by a shell script does have advantages. Thanks Roy -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
