The only one unclear case is 4 (+netifrc +newnet) in this case stack that is used is set by enabling required stack by rc-update. Case 3 means that openrc doesn't provide default network stack and it's up to user which stack to use (e.g. NM), so no problem here. Also +netifrc flag is temporal to make update path clean and it may be removed in future. On Dec 1, 2013 2:20 PM, "Alessandro DE LAURENZIS" <just22....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just upgraded to the latest openrc version; I was aware of the > netifrc USE flag introduction > (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/275748). But so far > the presence of the newnet flag was actually a "switch" between the old > and the new network stack, given that one of the two should (must?) be > added in any case. > Now the presence of both netifrc and newnet could make a bit of > confusion, particularly from a user perspective. We have of course 4 > cases; two of them are clear: > 1) netifrc -newnet: "legacy" network stack; > 2) -netifrc newnet: "new" network stack. > > The other two cases need a clarification: > 3) -netifrc -newnet: no network stack?!? > 4) netifrc newnet: ??? > > This should be definitely documented somewhere (I didn't find anything). > > And, the last question: what's the point to have two flags instead the > good old one? > > Thanks for any clarification. > > -- > Alessandro DE LAURENZIS > [mailto:just22....@gmail.com] > LinkedIn: http://it.linkedin.com/in/delaurenzis > >
