From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute2 00/22] Support for stateless configuration (read from /etc and /usr)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:36:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230719143628.4ca42c3f@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230719185106.17614-1-gioele@svario.it>
On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:50:44 +0200
Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it> wrote:
> Dear iproute2 maintainers,
>
> this patch series adds support for the so called "stateless" configuration
> pattern, i.e. reading the default configuration from /usr while allowing
> overriding it in /etc, giving system administrators a way to define local
> configuration without changing any distro-provided files.
>
> In practice this means that each configuration file FOO is loaded
> from /usr/lib/iproute2/FOO unless /etc/iproute2/FOO exists.
I don't understand the motivation for the change.
Is /etc going away in some future version of systemd?
Perhaps just using an an environment variable instead of hard coding
/etc/iproute2 directory.
I do like the conslidation of the initialize_dir code though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-19 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-19 18:50 [iproute2 00/22] Support for stateless configuration (read from /etc and /usr) Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 01/22] Makefile: Rename CONFDIR to CONF_ETC_DIR Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 02/22] Makefile: Add CONF_USR_DIR for system-installed configuration files Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 03/22] include/utils.h: Use /usr/lib/iproute2 as default CONF_USR_DIR Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 04/22] tc/tc_util: Read class names from provided path, /etc/, /usr Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-20 10:10 ` Petr Machata
2023-07-20 10:44 ` Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-20 11:33 ` Petr Machata
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 05/22] tc/m_ematch: Read ematch from /etc and /usr Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-20 11:49 ` Petr Machata
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 06/22] lib/bpf_legacy: bpf_hash_init: Relay returned value Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 07/22] lib/bpf_legacy: Read bpf_pinning from /etc and /usr Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 08/22] lib/rt_names: rtnl_hash_initialize: Relay returned value Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 09/22] lib/rt_names: rtnl_tab_initialize: " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 10/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_protos from /etc and /usr Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 11/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_scopes " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 12/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_names " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 13/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_tables " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 14/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_dsfield " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:50 ` [iproute2 15/22] lib/rt_names: Read group " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:51 ` [iproute2 16/22] lib/rt_names: Read nl_protos " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:51 ` [iproute2 17/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_protos.d/* " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:51 ` [iproute2 18/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_protos.d/* using rtnl_tab_initialize_dir Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:51 ` [iproute2 19/22] lib/rt_names: Read protodown_reasons.d/* " Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:51 ` [iproute2 20/22] lib/rt_names: Read rt_tables.d/* using rtnl_hash_initialize_dir Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:51 ` [iproute2 21/22] man: Document lookup of configuration files in /etc and /usr Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 18:51 ` [iproute2 22/22] Makefile: Install default configuration files in /usr Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-19 21:36 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2023-07-20 6:05 ` [iproute2 00/22] Support for stateless configuration (read from /etc and /usr) Gioele Barabucci
2023-07-20 11:56 ` Petr Machata
2023-07-25 1:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-07-25 6:01 ` Gioele Barabucci
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