Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:51:50 +0100 | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information |
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:38:37AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > 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?
I expect it to be available on most current distributions, but not necessarily enabled by default. Debian only installs NM if you choose the 'desktop' task at install time, so text-mode virtal servers wouldn't have it. KY may also be concerned about older distributions that never had NM.
Ben.
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