Any reference on /etc/network/*

[Brian McKee]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Charlie Kravetz
<cjk at teamcharliesangels.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:00:52 -0400
> "Brian McKee" <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:23 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >>> An easy way to view the man pages is to simply us F1 (System|Help...) -
>> >>> or from the terminal: yelp
>> >>>
>> >>> When help comes up: Advanced Topics|Terminal Commands...|Configuration
>> >>> Files|Interfaces etc.
>> >>
>> >> Thats the easy way ?
>> >>
>> >> If you're running Gnome, hit Alt-F2 to bring up the run box, then type
>> >> man:interfaces
>> >> Don't forget the colon.
>> >> It'll get you to exactly the same place NoOp is sending you, without
>> >> using the rat-tailed clicking thingy....
>> >
>> > Odd -  typing 'man:interfaces' into the 'Run' box gives me this:
>> > The requested URI "man:///interfaces" is invalid
>>
>> Well I'll be durned.
>>
>> You know, I do test these things.  And I did this time too.  And it
>> works exactly the way I described, using Debian testing.... :-(
>>
>> But I swear I've done that in Ubuntu before too!  Does anybody have a
>> gutsy box handy to try it on?  Maybe behaviour changed?
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
> You're right!
>
> I'll confirm that man:interfaces on Gutsy brought up yelp without
> having to type "yelp". Must be a change in Hardy?

Must be, and I consider it a bug as it's a darned handy feature.   I
can't see why they'd remove it.

I guess I'll go file a bug.

Brian