185282 – net-analyzer/iftop-0.17 - /etc/iftoprc doesn't honor config file

Bug 185282 - net-analyzer/iftop-0.17 - /etc/iftoprc doesn't honor config file

Summary: net-analyzer/iftop-0.17 - /etc/iftoprc doesn't honor config file

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Peter Volkov (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2007-07-14 09:59 UTC by Massimo Burcheri
Modified:	2007-07-15 20:02 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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iftop-fallback-on-etciftoprc.patch (iftop-fallback-on-etciftoprc.patch,1.28 KB, patch) 2007-07-15 19:56 UTC, Peter Volkov (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Massimo Burcheri 2007-07-14 09:59:30 UTC

iftop looks for ~/.iftoprc only.
The ebuild comes with /etc/iftoprc but the file isn't used. I suggest

alias iftop="iftop -c /etc/iftoprc"

Comment 1 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-15 19:56:51 UTC

Created attachment 124949 [details, diff]
iftop-fallback-on-etciftoprc.patch

Comment 2 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-15 20:02:02 UTC

Thank you for report, Massimo. Actually iftop man page does not mention /etc/iftoprc, and as you told us, does not use it. One possible solution is in the patch I've created just for fun... With that patch, if iftop does not find $HOME/.iftoprc it falls back on /etc/iftoprc. But to follow upstream decisions I've just moved example iftoprc into /usr/share/doc/${PF}/.