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Date:      Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:43:41 -0700
From:      Jason <jhelfman@e-e.com>
To:        Peter Steele <psteele@webmail.maxiscale.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What order are options in rc.conf processed?
Message-ID:  <20090727214341.GJ34795@eggman.experts-exchange.com>
In-Reply-To: <B8A480488C0C6849826655761349EA431F6EB7@owa.webmail.maxiscale.com>
References:  <B8A480488C0C6849826655761349EA431F6EB7@owa.webmail.maxiscale.com>

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Does your application startup script require NETWORKING?

Just a shot in the dark from a newbie.

-jgh

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 02:43:04PM -0700, Peter Steele thus spake:
>We have an rc.conf file that looks something like this:
>
>
>
>ifconfig_nfe0="UP"
>
>ifconfig_nfe1="UP"
>
>cloned_interfaces="lagg0"
>
>ifconfig_lagg0="laggproto failover laggport nfe0 laggport nfe1 <ip>
>netmask <mask>"
>
>defaultrouter=<router-ip>
>
>...
>
>ourapp_enable="YES"
>
>
>
>In a recent reboot test, when "ourapp" started, it checked to see if an
>IP was assigned to the system and there was not, causing it to take an
>unexpected logic path. Our understanding though was that since we had an
>entry in rc.conf defining the IP then our app should have started after
>that IP was assigned. Is this true or is there potentially a timing
>issue here?
>
>
>
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