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SubjectRe: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 06:32:09PM +0100, 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.

That's a great start, as I think all of the distros have now pretty much
standardized on this format, right?

greg k-h


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