Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:47:14 +0100 From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <gelderen@mediaport.org> To: "Sheldon Hearn" <axl@iafrica.com>, "Dmitry Valdov" <dv@dv.ru> Cc: "Kris Kennaway" <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, "Brian Somers" <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>, <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp ip.c Message-ID: <008d01be0c8f$188b6dc0$1400000a@deskfix.local>
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From: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> >Even if ppp does the route cleanup for you, a signal 9 (KILL) doesn't >allow it to attempt graceful exit. This means that building cleanup code >into ppp would not "fix it in ppp", since the code would never be >reached once a SIGKILL is received. Just a humble thought: route removal can be seen as cleanup, but it can also be seen as preparation. Maybe you can do it at ppp startup. Or -if that's not possible- you may be able to detect the condition as handle it gracefully... Cheers, Jeroen (who does not run ppp) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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