FS#28773 - [ethtool] [net-tools] one of packages should belong to base group
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Opened by Gerhard Brauer (GerBra) - Sunday, 04 March 2012, 15:13 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 17 November 2012, 02:53 GMT
Opened by Gerhard Brauer (GerBra) - Sunday, 04 March 2012, 15:13 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 17 November 2012, 02:53 GMT
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Before the switch from ifconfig to ip for TCP/IP configuration we had the tool mii-tool directly usable after core or net installations. Currently we have no tool to show/config ethernet link/negotiation settings if network problems occured. mii-tool = package core/net-tools - no group ethtool = package extra/ethtool - no group ip link is no replacement for one of this tools. So i would like to get ethtool as part of base group. ethtool is somewhat modern as mii-tool, which seems to have problems with some newer ethernet devices/environments. Thanks... |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Saturday, 17 November 2012, 02:53 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: ethtool is now part of the iso
Saturday, 17 November 2012, 02:53 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: ethtool is now part of the iso
I don't know the criteria for packages to get onto the iso with the new live cd structure…
Cause you need ethtool mostly <g> when you have network problems, so the later installation via pacman is often not possible.
It makes sense having it in core imo, despite net-tools being there. The only disadvantage is that it will need signoffs. Since there are no official isos of the whole core repo nowadays size of the repo shouldnt be much of a problem.
For now, I will add it manually if this is not moved to {base}. OK?
https://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/commit/?id=72b34f572ec2f1c2e8f1af88e742853726200178