Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:21:23 GMT From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: conf/131458: /etc/rc.d/defaultroute produces misleading output Message-ID: <200902070521.n175LNvR018629@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200902070530.n175U4Pb069448@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 131458 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /etc/rc.d/defaultroute produces misleading output >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 07 05:30:04 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bruce Cran >Release: 8.0-CURRENT >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD tau.draftnet 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Feb 5 01:47:59 GMT 2009 brucec@tau.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HP amd64 >Description: The output from /etc/rc.d/defaultroute is a bit misleading because it claims to be waiting for "an interface to come up" but it's actually waiting for DHCP to create a default route: having seen the message "re0: link state changed to UP" earlier in the boot process one may wonder why the system still waits a few seconds. In fact the script now only runs if an interface is /already/ UP and it's actually waiting for a default route to appear. >How-To-Repeat: Boot FreeBSD connected to a network which uses DHCP. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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