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Date:      Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:57:54 -0500
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rc(8) script -- waiting for the network to become usable
Message-ID:  <20100427165753.GA58954@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <20100426080815.GA41938@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <20100426080815.GA41938@icarus.home.lan>

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On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 01:08:15AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> Foremost, sorry for the cross-post, but more eyes in this case means
> overall more discussion.  Secondly, please keep me CC'd as I'm not on
> either -rc or -net.
>=20
> I recently proposed addition of a new script to the rc framework which
> verifies (using ping) that layer 3 network connectivity is up/functional
> before continuing on with daemons which require network access:
>=20
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-April/056400.html
>=20
> The overall response was positive, with full acknowledgement that this
> is indeed a hack -- yet necessary -- and that something more appropriate
> could probably be introduced into the base system to provide a much
> cleaner solution (launchd was mentioned).
>=20
> I'd like folks (particularly on -rc) to chime in here, and please see
> about adding this to the base system.

Given that this would fix the problems many users see in the current
world order and that it's relativly unintrusive I think it's an ok thing
to add.

-- Brooks

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