FS#28773 - [ethtool] [net-tools] one of packages should belong to base group

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
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
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
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
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 04 October 2012, 06:22 GMT
i'm fine with adding ethtool in base.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Thursday, 04 October 2012, 15:57 GMT
What about the core repo instead? Is it really needed in base? Neither iproute2 which replaced net-tools is in base..
Comment by Gerhard Brauer (GerBra) - Thursday, 04 October 2012, 18:21 GMT
base or core group (or no group): my intention is to get it on the installer/live iso. Older iso generation put all base group packages onto the iso, so ethtool were not be included cause it don't belong to any group.

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.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Thursday, 04 October 2012, 19:11 GMT
Then you could add a request to include it in archiso as well.

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.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Thursday, 04 October 2012, 21:11 GMT
If this [ethtool] is added to {base} will be automatically added to the live-enviroment.

For now, I will add it manually if this is not moved to {base}. OK?
Comment by Gerhard Brauer (GerBra) - Thursday, 04 October 2012, 21:19 GMT
That's fine, Gerardo. Thanks.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Thursday, 04 October 2012, 22:25 GMT
you are welcome :)

https://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/commit/?id=72b34f572ec2f1c2e8f1af88e742853726200178

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