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From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 08:27:21PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:51:09AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:32:19PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > > > Now, gather DNS information. Invoke an external script (that can be
> > > > distro dependent) to gather the DNS information.
> > > 
> > > Where is that script?  Why a script, this really isn't in a standard
> > > method for all Linux distros?  If not, why not work to do that like the
> > > freedesktop.org people have done for other system configuration items?
> >  
> > I suggested using the Network Manager D-Bus API.  That obviously
> > isn't going to work everywhere, but it seems to cover the same simple
> > cases that this hypervisor-guest interface allows for.
> 
> If its not going to work everywhere how can it be the solution?

You are never going to have a 'works everywhere' solution for
Linux guests.

How are these distribution-specific integration scripts going
to get installed in the guesta, anyway?

Ben.

> The script in turn can do whatever it takes, which includes NM. However
> NM (in its current state) shouldnt be thrown at everyone and everything.
 
-- 
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
                                                              - Albert Camus
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