Hi Jorge, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:49:22PM +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: > On 12-05-2011 14:34, William Hubbs wrote: > > I'm not sure I follow. would you rather keep the config_* variable? > > I think we should try to keep them. > > > If so, how do you feel about requiring the syntax of the variable to > > match the tool you are using? > > That's exactly what I meant. > By choosing the module one would get tied to its syntax. That should > make it simpler to parse the data.
Ok, cool, this was actually my first choice, but I wasn't sure how it would go over. > I would also suggest making the > declaration of modules mandatory or for you to pick a default tool to be > used when someone doesn't declare modules. We already do this. iproute2 is preferred if you have it installed; otherwise ifconfig is used. I believe the order of preference is discussed in the net.example file. The only time you really need the modules= or modules_iface= lines is if you want to force a specific module to be preferred for an interface. William
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