Re: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information

[Ben Hutchings]

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.

Ben.

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