Bug 28385 – cp should be ln -s in the installation guide

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) 2003-09-10 13:31:20 UTC]

In the guide it says people should copy net.eth0 to net.ethX for the other 
interfaces they have.
Sometimes baselayout modifies the net.eth0 script, but then net.ethX doesn't 
get updated, since people sometimes forget to copy the file again.
This can easy be solved by using symlinks instead of copying the file, so etc. 
net.eth1 is just a link of net.eth0, and not a copy.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-10 16:01:52 UTC]

I totally agree. I've made a similar comment once but it was dismissed; however, I see no reason why a symlink wouldn't work. I'll test tomorrow.

[Comment 2 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) 2003-09-10 16:02:38 UTC]

It works here :)

[Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-10 16:06:02 UTC]

=)

I'll still have to ask someone responsible of /etc/init.d/net.eth? what their PoV is; you never know. I'll ofcourse keep you informed. If he sees no problem, I'll go update the guide.

[Comment 4 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) 2003-09-10 16:07:53 UTC]

thanks

[Comment 5 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-12 01:30:16 UTC]

From Baselyout 1.8.6.10-r1 onward there are no problems with using symlinks. Previous versions had some issues in special circumstances.

I'll update the guides from the moment this baselayout (or any later version) hits the ARCH-branch (currently it is only in ~ARCH so it'll have to wait a bit).

[Comment 6 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-14 06:52:19 UTC]

Created attachment 17696 [details, diff]
The new baselayout is now in stable, patch

Any docdev up for a one-liner? :)

[Comment 7 Tiemo Kieft (RETIRED) 2003-09-14 06:53:47 UTC]

looks good

[Comment 8 Sergey Kuleshov (RETIRED) 2003-09-14 06:57:27 UTC]

Looks good to me.

[Comment 9 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-14 07:00:43 UTC]

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