[gentoo-user] switch to iproute2 and remove net-tools?

[Doug Hunley]

I decided to switch to iproute2 and it went fine, until I removed
net-tools. At that point, I got errors about /bin/hostname being
missing. I did a quick search and found
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-443540-start-0.html where the dev
says baselayout > 1.12 doesn't *need* the hostname command. I'm
running ~amd w/ openrc and baselayout-2,0,3, yet my system complains.
Anyone know how to kill net-tools completely? Thanks!