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Date:      Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:12:19 -0700
From:      YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r220736 - head/sbin/natd
Message-ID:  <20110418221219.GC1637@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
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:
> On 4/18/2011 11:13 AM, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> >This looks like a hack and better place for this hack would be shell
> >scripts rather than nat daemon.
> 
> Well, I am not sure how would you apply shell script in such case. The 
> problem with the original code is that natd just silently exits, leaving 
> machine without a network connection. For some reason this problem 
> started after upgrade from 7.4 to 8.2, perhaps there is some changes in 
> the dhclient which allows it to run is parallel with other start-up 
> activity.
> 

SYNCDHCP may restore old behavior of dhclient.

> And I don't see any problem with natd waiting indefinitely on the 
> interface to acquire IP address, it's no better and no worse than the 
> current behavior when the natd simply bails out.
> 
> -Maxim



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