Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:42:27 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient less functional with nanobsd because of NO_CXX Message-ID: <20050627164227.GA16732@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050619012425.L56734@fledge.watson.org> References: <20050619012425.L56734@fledge.watson.org>
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--MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 01:27:58AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: >=20 > Observation on dependencies between components and nanobsd: >=20 > In the old world order, dhclient backgrounded and waited for the link=20 > state to come up. In the new world order, dhclient exits if the link=20 > state is down, relying on devd to restart it. devd isn't build if NO_CXX= =20 > is set, as it's written in C++, and NO_CXX is a useful (and default) thin= g=20 > to set for nanobsd for obvious reasons. It sounds like something here is= =20 > an argument for: >=20 > - Allowing C++ to be built as a build dependency, but not installed. > - Rewriting devd to not be in C++. > - Providing an option so that dhclient's old and useful behavior can be > restored. >=20 > Glancing at the dhclient man page didn't suggest an obvious command line= =20 > flag for "don't exit on no link state"... As a workaround of sorts, you could install the ifstated port. Fixing the build to build g++ and not install it is probalby best. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCwCxzXY6L6fI4GtQRAgf1AJ90U+NUUW6MjMxV//k0qDQMP2XprwCg3UJ4 X1AqZcHk37nA97zCi0U2tU8= =tPjc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8--
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