On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:05:04PM +0100, Richard Zidlicky wrote:
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 03:42:47PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Tony Nelson (tonynelson(a)georgeanelson.com) said:
> > > > same opinion here. I have actually used this for a while, adds
> > > > one more thing that needs be verified after system upgrades, not
> > > > very nice.
> > >
> > > Realistically, the conglomeration of configuration and scripts in
> > > /etc/sysconfing/network-scripts was never thought out well. But it's
> > > not worth dealing with the historical baggage to change it now.
> >
> > Perhaps there should be a default /sbin/ifup-local script that
> > dispatches to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-local/<interface>?
> > It could contain useful comments, including that it is by default
> > replaceable as its target directory is empty by default.
>
> ... which would then try and overwrite any prior user-created files
> in that place on upgrade.
it could be in an optional package or declared config, noreplace. I do not
feel good about user-created files in /sbin.
thought about it a bit more, I think it would be better to add a separate hook
to /sbin/ifup calling config post-up scripts in /etc and leave /sbin/ifup-local
alone.
Richard