[systemd-devel] [RFC][PATCH] conf-parser: allow instanced sections

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 11/19/2013 09:20 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Colin Guthrie<gmane at colin.guthr.ie>  wrote:
> What I have in mind (though it is not dictated by this patch) is
> something different (first proposed by Lennart in an earlier thread):
>
> [Network]
> Address=192.168.0.1/24
> Address=192.168.0.2/24
> Gateway=192.168.1.1
>
> [Address:oneaddress]
> Address=192.168.0.3/24
> Label=three
> Peer=192.168.1.1
>
> [Address:anotheraddress]
> Address=192.168.0.4/24
> Label=four
>
> In this case we'll configure four addresses. The two first ones could
> also have been expressed as:
>
> [Address:foo]
> Address=192.168.0.1/24
>
> [Address:bar]
> Address=192.168.0.2/24,
>
> but we allow putting them directly in the [Network] section rather
> than in a named [Address] section as a shorthand.
>
> Notice that if we simply did
>
> [Address]
> Address=192.168.0.3/24
> Label=three
> Peer=192.168.1.1
>
> [Address]
> Address=192.168.0.4/24
> Label=four,
>
> that wouldn't work as it is (at least currently) equivalent to
>
> [Address]
> Address=192.168.0.3/24
> Label=three
> Peer=192.168.1.1
> Address=192.168.0.4/24
> Label=four,
>
> which is why we need to give the secitons unique names.

Arent's we sacrificing significant part of simplicity in units going 
down this path as opposed to have users use per unit interface instances 
units and templating/instances ?

JBG