Re: RFC: mount_nfs failure due to dns not running yet

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:40:13 UTC 
On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 04:28:06PM -0800, Steve Rikli wrote:
S> In that area, I'll note FreeBSD rc.d has a "NETWORKING" dependency for
S> PROVIDE and REQUIRE, and it's included in scripts like nfsclient,
S> mountcritremote et al. However there seems to be no similar dependency
S> for something like "NAMESERVICE" (generic, as opposed to "named"
S> specifically), and I'm not sure how that might be implemented, even
S> assuming it could be useful in a situation like this.

Let's once and for all in this email thread rule out, that this is not
an rc(8) issue.  A host can boot faster than its switch or other
networking equipment.  No rc(8) magic can help agains that.  I mentioned
'late' option as a non-bulletproof workaround for the problem, and that's
all.

btw, your suggestion for NAMESERVICE provide in rc(8) is a nice one,
could be useful for something else, but not for this problem.

-- 
Gleb Smirnoff