reassign 399293 netbase thanks Note for Lennart: base-files is limited to contain the GPL, /etc/motd, the /tmp directory, and little more, so it's mainly supposed to be a static package, not a do-it-all package. Reassigning.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lennart Poettering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:03:03 +0100 Subject: Bug#399293: base-files: please ship /etc/networks and include "link-local 169.254.0.0" to it Package: base-files Version: 4 Severity: wishlist Hi! Please ship /etc/networks in base-files and include the following single line in it: link-local 169.254.0.0 If defined like this tools like "route" will show the string "link-local" for the IPv4LL route created by packages like "avahi-autoipd", "zeroconf" or "zcip". The string "link-local" instead of the numeric 169.254.0.0/24 should be less confusing for users if they encounter these routes after installing one of the aforementioned packages. The network 169.254.0.0/16 for link-local usage is defined in RFC3927. Lennart -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages base-files depends on: ii base-passwd 3.5.11 Debian base system master password ii gawk [awk] 1:3.1.5.dfsg-4 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr ii mawk [awk] 1.3.3-11 a pattern scanning and text proces base-files recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- Lennart Poettering; lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553; GPG 0x1A015CC4; http://0pointer.net/lennart/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]