Bug 216573 – Installer creates deprecated net configuration syntax

• Product: Gentoo Release Media
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Chr. Schaefer 2008-04-06 16:11:30 UTC]

Surprisingly I couldn't find any bug for this. Probably it is something that should be enhanced in the installer. After installation from the i686 LiveCD 2008.0 beta1 I get message

*   You are using a deprecated configuration syntax for eth0
*   You are advised to read /etc/conf.d/net.example and upgrade it accordingly

During installation I just added eth0 with DHCP support, no additional configuration option was done for the networking.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install from LiveCD 2008.0 beta1
2. Boot installed system
3. Watch boot messages

Actual Results:  
System complains about deprecated syntax and asks user to upgrade the configuration file it just created.

Expected Results:  
Given that I just installed the system I wouldn't have expected any deprecated configuration files.
The networks works though. A newbie should not have to work through /etc/conf.d/net.example even though it is something that is worth to read and learn...


/etc/conf.d/net contains, beside some helpful comments, two lines

iface_eth0="dhcp"
dhcpcd_eth0=""

[Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) 2008-04-06 16:56:50 UTC]

This is fixed in SVN and will appear in 2008.0_beta2

[Comment 2 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) 2008-04-09 17:19:44 UTC]

*** Bug 216668 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 3 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) 2008-04-14 21:48:54 UTC]

*** Bug 217724 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 4 Chr. Schaefer 2008-05-12 15:28:32 UTC]

seems to be fixed in 2008.0_beta2, tested with livedvd-i686-installer-2008.0_beta2.iso