Bug#338235: Deprecated /etc/network/options and new installations

2005-12-01 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 01 December 2005 22:38, Craig Small wrote: > The alternative is to have a similiar options file for procps that > can set some variables, but I don't see a great need for it. Based on the reaction from Marco I have already just removed the creation of the options file. Glad your react

Bug#338235: Deprecated /etc/network/options and new installations

2005-12-01 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 06:39:00PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > We feel it would be wrong to modify /etc/sysctl.conf as part of the > installation. Are there alternatives or should we just forget about > setting that option by default? How relevant is it for basic system > security? Unless there i

Bug#338235: Deprecated /etc/network/options and new installations

2005-11-29 Thread Marco d'Itri
[I wonder why I never received the message from p.d.o. Or maybe it has been lost among the usual p.d.o. spam...] On Nov 28, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AFAICT doing nothing would result in spoof protection being disabled for > new installations where currently it is enabled, as the de

Bug#338235: Deprecated /etc/network/options and new installations

2005-11-28 Thread Frans Pop
Hello, During the reboot after new installations from Debian Installer we have noticed the warning that /etc/network/options is deprecated [1]. Currently d-i creates this file as part of the "prebaseconfig" step that prepares for the reboot into the new system. (The file is only created if not