svn commit: r220736 - head/sbin/natd

[Gleb Smirnoff]

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.

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Totus tuus, Glebius.