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Date:      Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:14:38 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r220736 - head/sbin/natd
Message-ID:  <20110418221438.GB34767@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4DACB0C3.6000804@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201104170605.p3H65cab028890@svn.freebsd.org> <20110418181314.GL16958@FreeBSD.org> <4DACB0C3.6000804@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 02:44:35PM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
M> On 4/18/2011 11:13 AM, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
M> > This looks like a hack and better place for this hack would be shell
M> > scripts rather than nat daemon.
M> 
M> Well, I am not sure how would you apply shell script in such case. The 
M> problem with the original code is that natd just silently exits, leaving 
M> machine without a network connection. For some reason this problem 
M> started after upgrade from 7.4 to 8.2, perhaps there is some changes in 
M> the dhclient which allows it to run is parallel with other start-up 
M> activity.
M> 
M> And I don't see any problem with natd waiting indefinitely on the 
M> interface to acquire IP address, it's no better and no worse than the 
M> current behavior when the natd simply bails out.

Hack can be applied to /etc/rc.d/natd, and better do it locally, not
in FreeBSD svn.

Example for such hack that is waiting for network in rc.d script can
be found here:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/net/quagga/files/quagga.sh.in?rev=1.18

See how $quagga_wait_for works.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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