493516 – sys-apps/openrc USE=netifrc should not install /etc/init.d/loopback since net-misc/netifrc also installs /etc/init.d/net.lo

Bug 493516 - sys-apps/openrc USE=netifrc should not install /etc/init.d/loopback since net-misc/netifrc also installs /etc/init.d/net.lo

Summary: sys-apps/openrc USE=netifrc should not install /etc/init.d/loopback since net...

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 490750

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	netifrc (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	netifrc Team

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Reported:	2013-12-07 11:50 UTC by szatox
Modified:	2014-01-14 17:02 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description szatox 2013-12-07 11:50:11 UTC

Both, openrc and netifrc provide their own ways to configuring local loopback virtual interface. Those 2 are conflicting (like only one of those can be started at any time). I believe openrc with USE="netifrc" should not install /etc/init.d/loopback file, leaving it's job to /etc/init.d/net.lo.
This way would also make updates from openrc-11 smoother.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-12-09 14:16:02 UTC

Loopback is the succesor of net.lo.

But net.lo shouldn't be used anymore, see bug 490750. So maybe both bugs could be fixed if net.lo would be removed from net-misc/netifrc...

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-12-09 14:33:15 UTC

Mh, this is a duplicate of bug 490750.

net.lo is still used for creating your interfaces, e.g.

  ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.eth0

So we cannot get rid of it.

But as said, it is not used at boot runlevel anymore, because it was replaced by loopback. And this needs to be handled, see bug 490750.

Comment 3 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2013-12-11 05:24:36 UTC

The netifrc use flag was never meant to be a permanent solution for
installing netifrc. I am working with the folks on -dev to come up with
a better way to do that for folks who want it but to get rid of this use
flag in OpenRC, since openrc really doesn't need netifrc.

Comment 4 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2014-01-14 17:02:46 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 490750 ***