Bug 401

Summary:

dhcpxd doesn\'t run correctly in ifup

Product:

Sisyphus

Reporter:

Mikhail Zabaluev <mhz>

Component:

initscripts

Assignee:

Dmitry V. Levin <ldv>

Status:

CLOSED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

major

Priority:

Version:

unstable

Hardware:

all

OS:

Linux

Attachments:

Description	Flags
0000401-ifup-dhcpxd.patch	none

Description Mikhail Zabaluev 2002-01-17 11:33:42 MSK

By default, dhcpxd forks itself in the background, even before the configuration is done. This:
1) doesn\'t play good with initlog -- dhcpxd appears to block on output;
2) doesn\'t fit into the service startup model -- the ifup script should not return until the interface is either configured, or failed to configure.Fortunately, there is -w option that prevents dhcpxd from forking. The timeout in case of dead Ethernet is not prolonged, so I think it should be OK to wait for a while.
A patch is provided for clarity.
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Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-01-18 12:47:19 MSK

Thanks,
fixed in initscripts-5.49-ipl38mdk.

Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-01-18 12:47:19 MSK

Thanks,
fixed in initscripts-5.49-ipl38mdk.