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Date:      Fri, 07 May 2010 21:26:38 +0400
From:      Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: conf/132483: rc.subr(8) [patch] setfib(1) support for rc.subr
Message-ID:  <4BE44D4E.1080308@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201005071710.o47HA3XH078595@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <201005071710.o47HA3XH078595@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR conf/132483; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>
> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org
> Cc: sem@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: conf/132483: rc.subr(8) [patch] setfib(1) support for rc.subr
> Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 00:08:20 +0700
> 
>  I've tested second patch (setfib_for_rc.subr.diff), it works.
>  
>  Vote for commit. Without this, there is no way to bind
>  a network service running from rcNG-based startup script
>  to a non-default FIB.
>  
>  The only alternative is ugly way to use /etc/rc.local with
>  "setfib N ... forcestart" command that ignores dependencies.
>  
>  Please commit.
>  

Unfortunately setfib(1) is in /usr/sbin "which is not guaranteed to be
accessible at boot time, especially not before the network is up." (c) 
dougb@

So, this patch has a little chance to be committed.

-- 
Sem.



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