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I don't know what you mean by the mdv/rh/keyfile +</I>><i> reference. I've been through enough of this to understand that there's +</I>><i> an NM config file that specifies a shell script file that comes in an +</I>><i> *rh* (RedHat) and an *mdv* versions. I have no idea what "keyfile" +</I>><i> refers to.in this context. +</I>Ok so in fact you did not follow my suggestion here +<A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865#c1">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865#c1</A> ? + +[...] +><i> +</I>><i> Umm, no, I never had to write that anywhere for the simple reason that I +</I>><i> *didn't* choose to use NM. Mageia chose to use it for me, because GNOME +</I>><i> 3 required it. I didn't do one blessed thing to encourage the use of +</I>><i> NM in any way. +</I>I never wrote that you choose nm simply that you get affected by the « non +support » of ifcfg-mdv initially. +After seems like you also hit a bug in drakx-net which switch to nm per +default (& fixed since today by blino) + + + +><i> >> I agree but realize that if I have to use this to begin with, there's an +</I>><i> >> NM bug that is potentially severe enough to prevent distro deployment. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I do understand& that's why i suggested you to use the keyfile plugin +</I>><i> > in #865 instead of the « ifcfg-mdv plugin not maintained anymore in +</I>><i> > 0.8.x » or the rh plugin which also lacks some functionnality. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Which, referring to the same bug report, I did and reported the +</I>><i> results. If there was a lesson to be learned there, it didn't get +</I>><i> fixed in whatever version of the plugin Mageia uses by default. +</I>hum ? +The only comment here was that : +1) ifcfg-mdv plugin was broken (& now in fact dead in mageia 2+) + +2) try ifcfg-rh to see if it's also affected ( +<A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865#c6">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865#c6</A> ) +you did not try arguing that the maintainer should report it upstream. + ( <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865#c8">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865#c8</A> ) which is quite difficult if +the maintainer (well in this case there is no maintainer so it's even more +difficult) is not able to reproduce simply because for example he does not have +the same wifi card. That's why i suggest you to report it upstream since you +should be able to answer questions from upstream if needed. + +3) keyfile is not affected by the hostname bug in #865 + +However when i suggested to switch to keyfile (on irc indeed not on mageia +mailing list) instead of the ifcfg-rh plugin or (any others non native +plugins) i was told that we need to support ifcfg (which is right indeed) + +So in summary we have a working plugin (keyfile) but we're not able to use it +because we need to support ifcfg- files so we're stick with the redhat plugin +for now until we found someone able to fix the missing functionnalities in this +plugin. + + +-- +Balcaen John +Jabber-ID: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mikala at jabber.littleboboy.net</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009719.html">[Mageia-dev] Drakx-net or NetworkManager for Mageia 2 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009737.html">[Mageia-dev] Drakx-net or NetworkManager for Mageia 2 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9720">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9720">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9720">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9720">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |