From owner-freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 27 16:59:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333201065679; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:59:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [69.66.77.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D86EC8FC18; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:59:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o3RGvsmo067520; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:57:54 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o3RGvsrP067519; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:57:54 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:57:54 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: Jeremy Chadwick Message-ID: <20100427165753.GA58954@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20100426080815.GA41938@icarus.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100426080815.GA41938@icarus.home.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:57:55 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc(8) script -- waiting for the network to become usable X-BeenThere: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion related to /etc/rc.d design and implementation." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:59:11 -0000 --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 01:08:15AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Foremost, sorry for the cross-post, but more eyes in this case means > overall more discussion. Secondly, please keep me CC'd as I'm not on > either -rc or -net. >=20 > I recently proposed addition of a new script to the rc framework which > verifies (using ping) that layer 3 network connectivity is up/functional > before continuing on with daemons which require network access: >=20 > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-April/056400.html >=20 > The overall response was positive, with full acknowledgement that this > is indeed a hack -- yet necessary -- and that something more appropriate > could probably be introduced into the base system to provide a much > cleaner solution (launchd was mentioned). >=20 > I'd like folks (particularly on -rc) to chime in here, and please see > about adding this to the base system. Given that this would fix the problems many users see in the current world order and that it's relativly unintrusive I think it's an ok thing to add. -- Brooks --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFL1xeRXY6L6fI4GtQRAg/aAKCTJTa3qPxZO9fbLGib487/DKPQOACeIUqt A5UyCnU9+nWyu7mGc7/M394= =ipaZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND--