On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:18 AM, James Rayner <iphitus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:12 PM, RedShift <redshift@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> James Rayner wrote: >>>> >>>> 1) 0001-add-some-useful-error-messages-to-wireless-code.patch >>>> Makes the wireless code in rc.d/network output some useful errors and >>>> a tad more robust, rather than failing and giving no useful error at >>>> all. >>>> >>>> Not tested yet, I don't have an insecure or WEP network to try it on, >>>> and the family won't be impressed if I start messing with dd-wrt. I'll >>>> try tomorrow morning when they're sleeping. >>>> >>>> 2) 0002-Added-connection-state-info-to-rc.d-network.patch >>>> Makes rc.d/network create a file for an interface if it manages to >>>> connect. Useful for scripts. >>>> Also needs the directory /var/run/network/interfaces/ created in the >>>> initscripts PKGBUILD. >>> >>> Scripts should use ifconfig or other networking tools that directly read >>> from the kernel's configuration for network interface information. What if a >>> user manually modifies his configuration without using the initscripts? Or >>> does some advanced networking configuration in rc.local? The information in >>> "/var/run/network" will not be correct. >>> >>> I'm going to be blunt, it's a stupid idea. >> >> I'm fine with that, and sort of expected it. It's something I've >> lazily used locally for a little, so I thought I might as well push it >> upstream. >> >> And the other patch? I don't see any reason that shouldn't be merged. > > Yeah I'm going to look at the error message patch right now and merge > it and all that. Thanks, and sorry for the delay. > > For the record, not everyone has full commit access to all of these. > The idea is to have someone in charge of the official repo. As it is > git, anyone can always host their own tree and make changes so the > project owners can pull in patches as they see fit. > http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=e13ee23fd2d0035150d178fc683079696fb446fc
