From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mta06ps.bigpond.com (mta06ps.bigpond.com [144.135.25.138]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D61BABB65 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:36:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from rennie.internal.lan ([144.135.25.87]) by mta06ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 mta06ps May 23 2002 23:53:28) with SMTP id H09SGF00.GEH for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 23:36:15 +1000 Received: from CPE-203-51-177-90.vic.bigpond.net.au ([203.51.177.90]) by psmam07.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0n 119/29068314); 03 Aug 2002 23:36:15 Received: from waterhouse.internal.lan (waterhouse.internal.lan [192.168.1.100]) by rennie.internal.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id D429766D for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 23:36:14 +1000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] udhcp ebuild... please testy From: Troy Dack To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 03 Aug 2002 23:36:18 +1000 Message-Id: <1028381779.5822.1.camel@waterhouse.internal.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 552a281d-32cc-444b-93fc-eb56c759dc74 X-Archives-Hash: c4b4e9b6a7df3ef0c34e431e12e3b7c1 On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 17:11, christoph@lameter.com wrote: > New ebuild for a dhcp package. Recommended by Jon Nelson. > > This is the right(tm) way of doing dhcp. dhcp events trigger scripts. The > current dhcpcd package is not doing that so that we have a braindead > implementation of dhcp right now: > > Current situatiom: > If a dhcp server is not available then > the boot process hangs and then timeouts and proceeds without networking. > If I now fix the dhcp server then gentoo will not recognize that an IP is > now available. Reboot is necessary to activate dhcp again. Why not just restart the interface? eg: /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart -- Troy Dack http://linuxserver.tkdack.com http://gentoo.tkdack.com "You can't survive by sucking the juice from a wet mitten." -- Charles Schulz, "Things I've Had to Learn Over and Over and Over"