Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:24:20 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 226260] dhclient tells me $if is not dhcp-enabled even though it is Message-ID: <bug-226260-227-2e2dj1ct9r@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-226260-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-226260-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D226260 jpicalau+freebsd_bugzilla@elmandria.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jpicalau+freebsd_bugzilla@e | |lmandria.com --- Comment #1 from jpicalau+freebsd_bugzilla@elmandria.com --- I just found this report while in the process of figuring out the same issu= e. I figure I should just as well provide some details and findings. The reason why that configuration doesn't work when placed in /etc/rc.conf.d/netif is that the service that handles dhcp is dhclient, whi= ch goes and look for its configuration in /etc/rc.conf.d/dhclient. Now, both netif and dhclient will also load /etc/rc.conf.d/network. (`load_rc_config network' in both of those services file). However, there i= s a comment against this loading line in /etc/rc.d/netif stating that this is loaded for compatibility, which I interpret as meaning that it might not wo= rk forever. It seems like there is a more general issue with the /etc/rc.conf.d/ mechan= ism not being well-suited for handling variables used in network.subr. Any rc script including network.subr could start making use of a functionality that depends on one of those variables in the future and result in breakage for people having one of those set in /etc/rc.conf.d, but for another script. It would be good to get some clarity here in order to avoid such unexpected configuration issues. In the meanwhile, I think it is prudent to use /etc/rc.conf for any variable that ends up being "shared" between rc scripts in this fashion. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?bug-226260-227-2e2dj1ct9r>