Mike Frysinger schrieb: > On Sunday 13 November 2011 13:04:57 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: >> Mike Frysinger schrieb: >>> until we have replacement for all of its tools, it's always going to be >>> there. >> >> After net-tools is no longer needed for basic setups (which I understand >> will be still the case after the proposed changes), why should it remain >> in the system set? > > you snipped the following sentence where i explained why net-tools can't be > removed. iproute2 replaces *most* of net-tools, not *all*.
And do we need *all* of net-tools for basic setups? You said that currently openrc uses the host and domain name tools, but iirc sysctl can set hostname/domainname too (note that I do not to say that using sysctl is preferable). Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
