From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: feedback as solicited by Guix manual (Section 7.1.5) Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:07:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87shww9fon.fsf@gnu.org> References: <574B8D1E.6080000@ethan-stefan.net> <20160531155854.GA27525@jasmine> <87oa7mxk8b.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <20160531175659.GA17589@jasmine> <87mvn6xehy.fsf@mailerver.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <8760tundc2.fsf@gnu.org> <20160601045313.hzbhirssd52sd2pn@venom> <87r3cgofqa.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35843) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8Nfd-0005y8-7C for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2016 04:08:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8NfY-0007Kg-0k for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2016 04:08:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87r3cgofqa.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Wed, 01 Jun 2016 22:45:33 +0300") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Alex Kost Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alex Kost skribis: > Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 =C4=8Cech (2016-06-01 07:53 +0300) wrote: > >> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:10:21PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >>>Matthew Jordan skribis: >>> >>>> mentions using ifconfig, correct me if I"m wrong but isn't ifconfig >>>> considered deprecated? >>> >>>This ifconfig (part of GNU Inetutils) is maintained, so I think it=E2=80= =99s >>>fine. :-) >> >> Yes, ifconfig is considered deprecated for more than decade. I'm not >> networking guy but colleague of mine who is told me that ifconfig is >> just ugly wrapper not reflecting how the kernel is handling it. >> http://serverfault.com/questions/633087/where-is-the-statement-of-deprec= ation-of-ifconfig-on-linux >> >> iproute2 is way to go. > > I would also prefer to see "ip" command instead of "ifconfig" in the > manual. Alternatively both can be mentioned.. I have a hard time leaving ifconfig/iwconfig. ;-) I was about to change the manual=E2=80=99s examples to =E2=80=98ip=E2=80=99= , but then realized that this is Linux-specific and doesn=E2=80=99t buy us much for these simple cases. So, what about this: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-patch Content-Disposition: inline diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6d47976..5fd4679 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5999,7 +5999,9 @@ more information. @subsubsection Networking -Run the following command see what your network interfaces are called: +Run the following command see what your network interfaces are called +(on GNU/Linux, seasoned users may prefer the versatile @command{ip} +command over @command{ifconfig}): @example ifconfig -a --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dunno if it really helps, since =E2=80=9Cseasoned users=E2=80=9D already kn= ow that =E2=80=98ip=E2=80=99 is the thing. Ludo=E2=80=99. --=-=-=--