From 92cbb3b4a1ea917c56df56e3e3a84d0d7a16df26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Wiese Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:28:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * updated net-tools [I], [T] and [U] tags * Note: The package description includes an important note that most net-tools programs are obsolete now inf favour of the command sets provided by iproute2 and by ifrename and ethtool. git-svn-id: svn://svn.opensde.net/opensde/package/trunk@20231 10447126-35f2-4685-b0cf-6dd780d3921f --- network/net-tools/net-tools.desc | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/network/net-tools/net-tools.desc b/network/net-tools/net-tools.desc index 1b57a8026..5a658ee10 100644 --- a/network/net-tools/net-tools.desc +++ b/network/net-tools/net-tools.desc @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch. [COPY] [COPY] Filename: package/.../net-tools/net-tools.desc -[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project +[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf [COPY] @@ -15,15 +15,26 @@ [COPY] GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING. [COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END --- -[I] Configuration tools for Linux networking - -[T] This package includes the important tools for controlling the network -[T] subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, hostname, ifconfig, -[T] netstat, rarp and route. Additionally, this package contains -[T] utilities relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig, -[T] slattach) and a "netmask calculator" called 'ipnm2nwbc'. - -[U] http://www.inka.de/sites/lina/linux/NetTools/ +[I] A collection of network configuration programs for Linux + +[T] The net-tools package contains a collection of programs that form the base +[T] set of the NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating system. +[T] It contains the important tools for controlling the network subsystem of the +[T] Linux kernel including arp, hostname, ifconfig, netstat, rarp and route. +[T] Additionally it provides utilities relating to particular network hardware +[T] types (plipconfig, slattach), nameif for naming network interfaces based on +[T] MAC addresses and ether-wake which generates and transmits Wake-On-LAN (WOL) +[T] "Magic Packets", used for restarting machines that have been soft-powered- +[T] down (ACPI D3-warm state). +[T] +[T] Important: +[T] For modern Linux systems most net-tools programs are obsolete now! +[T] It is highly recommended to use the command set provided by the iproute2 +[T] package and additional applications like ifrename and ethtool. + +[U] http://net-tools.berlios.de +[U] http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Net-tools +[U] http://bernd.eckenfels.net/net-tools.php [A] Phil Blundell [A] Bernd Eckenfels