Bug 493370

Summary:	net-misc/networkmanager: add USE netifrc
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Nikoli <nikoli>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	netifrc
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443596
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	patch for ebuild

Description Nikoli 2013-12-05 08:57:08 UTC

ifnet plugin should be controlled with USE netifrc or removed completely, not with USE systemd. Support for /etc/conf.d/net is optional in stable openrc and openrc[-netifrc,-newnet] works fine with NM.

Comment 1 Nikoli 2014-08-15 16:46:56 UTC

Created attachment 382932 [details, diff]
patch for ebuild

Attached patch works fine for me, please commit.

Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2014-09-22 18:30:40 UTC

I see the point, but taking care that ifnet plugin is not really being maintained, and has some opened bugs without solution, I would like to see other team members opinions about whether we should add the USE flag or drop it completely :/

Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2014-10-13 20:50:13 UTC

+*networkmanager-0.9.10.0-r1 (13 Oct 2014)
+
+  13 Oct 2014; Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org>
+  +files/networkmanager-0.9.10.0-arpingpath.patch,
+  +networkmanager-0.9.10.0-r1.ebuild:
+  Ifnet plugin is now disabled because of it being unattended and unmaintained
+  for a long time, leading to some unfixed bugs and new problems appearing
+  (#443596, #458274, #493370, #498372, #523700). If some day somebody volunteers
+  for fixing/maintaining that plugin and forwarding all that fixes to upstream
+  it could be re-enabled of course. Append configure option regarding systemd
+  unit files install path only when systemd support is enabled to prevent
+  HAVE_SYSTEMD to be true (#524534 by Konstantin Ivanov). Ensure arping is found
+  (#523632 by Kobboi).
+