Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:09:56 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Eygene Ryabinkin <rea@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: Annoying ERROR: 'wlan0' is not a DHCP-enabled interface Message-ID: <4EC6C9A4.3000006@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <VMhPQj/s0331SNZXLVpdbaNAyBY@RzV33t0qf/tQbqPDH2EX0VmGCGw> References: <4EB6693F.2020102@delphij.net> <4EB71580.20507@FreeBSD.org> <4EB72290.8030104@delphij.net> <Snqh5lmyPm2YvkGpN1vSomauXwU@g5jH1yj%2BTnAiSdLOy3xs5Jutvhc> <4EC6C247.6040807@delphij.net> <VMhPQj/s0331SNZXLVpdbaNAyBY@RzV33t0qf/tQbqPDH2EX0VmGCGw>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 11/18/11 12:45, Eygene Ryabinkin wrote: > Xin, good day. > > Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:38:31PM -0800, Xin LI wrote: >> Is there any counter reasoning about "having an interface marked >> as non-DHCP is not an error"? I'm still not convinced with the >> benefit of having it show an error message. > > Well, when I invoke 'service dhclient start em0' and em0 isn't > DHCP-enabled, I want to see some diagnostics on why I was not able > to get DHCP on that interface. Return code isn't that visible (I > can, of course, always run it as 'service dhclient start em0 || > echo failed'), but I am not up to typing more than needed and I > should see the real reason for absence of DHCP-assigned address in > that case, be it the non-DHCP-enabled interface or some other > problem. Thinking again I believe that your approach is more sensible. Thanks! Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJOxsmkAAoJEATO+BI/yjfBRIYH/3dvKGznpmDbwPlNO0b4qs4w +Nd4eCKXY0SzHIvZqxm0c9HHE8wvMaZnQFqYb7rOYdlIYHosJfvhiTbIV1kr9YAJ FWmx93bCmzxf1HD3mVuOOCRzOoFEVcJPCstigh9Bp8Jj0EFPu6krbagrVCkY80Jo ZvRJoSEDmqKB8fve23RSpKVDrA5LlQ0Y98AC91yPKpVt/FdHsdWD7/+kKCF2G+uP OBPi8iCdHm4OALdX2YcHGQJFNZIixftEj74FHTHKDrlnBsiLb633U09kzprKMrqf 0iovaPf5OfX/smk8rLx0MrsFBDwSUwIhsaBsJJZr4vCtVDn4j0h0MZjtESZxO74= =BENK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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