From owner-cvs-etc Sun Sep 21 05:45:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA29407 for cvs-etc-outgoing; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 05:45:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA29401; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 05:45:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA27012; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:44:59 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199709211244.NAA27012@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: brian@FreeBSD.ORG (Brian Somers), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/ppp ppp.linkup.sample In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 20 Sep 1997 21:26:14 PDT." <199709210426.VAA12547@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:44:59 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > brian 1997/09/20 19:10:41 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > etc/ppp ppp.linkup.sample > > Log: > > Add "delete 0" before "add 0 0..." > > Suggested by: > > Yet another reason ppp has no business doing routing. This leaves > a window of time that no default route exists and if a connection > happens to send a keepalive packet during it the conneciton is going > to get torn down :-(. > > Correct thing to do is a ``if route 0 exists, then route change 0 0, > else route add 0 0''. I'll be happy to add your patches to the source and documentation that implement this wonderful syntax. > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....