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Re: exim doing wierd stuff



On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Peter Palfrader wrote:

> Hi Mario!

Hi Peter,



> 
> On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
> 
> > 	I put some lines in /etc/init.d/networking, like these:
> > -----------------------------------
> > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> > route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
> > ----------------------------------
> 
> No, no, no. You don't want to mess around with
> /etc/init.d/networking. It's evil and a nightmare to upgrade. That's
> the reason that /e/i.d/network is now depreciated.


Ok! I didn't know that! Thanks!

But why the netbase package didn't set this? It's a crucial feature for
whatever kind of installation one is doing (server, workstation, home,
etc). 

[]s,
Mario O.de Menezes            "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but
    IPEN-CNEN/SP                 is the Lord's purpose that prevails"
http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario                 Prov. 19.21
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