FC8 how to get static IP working

[Mike Wright]

Mike Wright wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>>
>> That's beside the point.  I meant that system-config-network and
>> anaconda set up "static" and THAT isn't documented.
>>
> 
> Looks like an anaconda bug.
> 
> I just pulled system-config-network-1.4.3.src.rpm and found a jewel.  In 
> src/netconfpkg/NCDevice.py lines 308 and 309:
> 
>         if self.BootProto == "static":
>             self.BootProto = "none"
> 
> So apparently the maintainers of system-config-network are aware that 
> anaconda has introduced a bug.  Question becomes: why put on a bandage 
> in the network configurator instead of fixing the source of the problem?
> 
> Note also that any user scripts that follow the documentation will break.
> 
> I'll pull the anaconda sources and see if I can find where this is 
> introduced.

...and following up on my offer:

Pulled anaconda-11.3.0.50.tar.bz2 and found the source of this 
confusion.  In loader2/net.c line 1421:

         fprintf(f, "BOOTPROTO=static\n");

Should be:

         fprintf(f, "BOOTPROTO=none\n");

Guess I'll have to learn bugzilla...

Side note:  until a couple of years ago I always used "static".  The 
docs changed my ways ;D