What order are options in rc.conf processed?

Jason jhelfman at e-e.com
Mon Jul 27 21:43:58 UTC 2009


Does your application startup script require NETWORKING?

Just a shot in the dark from a newbie.

-jgh

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 02:43:04PM -0700, Peter Steele thus spake:
>We have an rc.conf file that looks something like this:
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>ifconfig_nfe0="UP"
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>ifconfig_nfe1="UP"
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>cloned_interfaces="lagg0"
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>ifconfig_lagg0="laggproto failover laggport nfe0 laggport nfe1 <ip>
>netmask <mask>"
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>defaultrouter=<router-ip>
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>...
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>ourapp_enable="YES"
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>In a recent reboot test, when "ourapp" started, it checked to see if an
>IP was assigned to the system and there was not, causing it to take an
>unexpected logic path. Our understanding though was that since we had an
>entry in rc.conf defining the IP then our app should have started after
>that IP was assigned. Is this true or is there potentially a timing
>issue here?
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