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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. > > 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: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-April/056400.html > > 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). > > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFL1xeRXY6L6fI4GtQRAg/aAKCTJTa3qPxZO9fbLGib487/DKPQOACeIUqt A5UyCnU9+nWyu7mGc7/M394= =ipaZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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