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Cc: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>,
	Eygene Ryabinkin <rea@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Annoying ERROR: 'wlan0' is not a DHCP-enabled interface
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On 11/06/2011 03:02, Xin LI wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems that 226879 have introduced an error indication where if an
> interface is up and is not set to DHCP, the devd invoked
> /etc/rc.d/dhclient wlan0 call would generate an annoying message.
> 
> I think this message is not necessary at all -- normally
> /etc/rc.d/dhclient is used by the system and it's just legitimate that
> a network interface comes up and have not assigned as DHCP.
> 
> I'd like to propose the attached change, which turns this message into
> debug message but keep the exit intact.
> 
> Comments?

What harm is the error message causing? It seems useful to me to know if
something is happening in the background that may need the
administrator's attention.


Doug

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