On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, [iso-8859-1] Gr�goire Colbert wrote:
Eeep, yep let me dig your patch back out
> Hi!
>
> Thanks Axalon for your quick reaction to my big provocation! (I was sure
> that saying Microsoft would give something! =))
>
> Anyway, the new /sbin/ifup would be *even* better if instead of :
>
> if [ -n "$DHCP" ]; then
> echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via dhcpcd..."
> if /sbin/dhcpcd -i $DEVICE -h $HOSTNAME ; then
> echo " done."
> else
> echo " failed."
> exit 1
> fi
>
> We were doing a test to avoid the message that says that there is already a
> "/var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid" file. The problem is that if your computer
> crashes, the "/sbin/ifdown ${DEVICE}" is not deleted, and thus on the
> reboot, you don't get any IP.
>
> I mean : if your PC crashes, it is like running twice "/sbin/ifup eth0". On
> the second time, you don't get any IP.
>
> I think that you could do :
>
> if [ -n "$DHCP" ]; then
> if [ -f /var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid ]; then
> OLD_PID=`cat /var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid`
> kill `ps ax|grep dhcpcd|grep $OLD_PID|cut -b 1-5`
> rm -f /var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid
> fi
> echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via dhcpcd..."
> if /sbin/dhcpcd -h $HOSTNAME $DEVICE ; then
> echo " done."
> else
> echo " failed."
> exit 1
> fi
>
> Please see also the change in the call of dhcpcd. The "-i" parameter isn't
> the same as for "pump". It doesn't describe the name of the interface
> (Please see "man dhcpcd").
>
> Thanks for staying cool while I wasn't... Correct the above and I promise
> that I'll never bother you with dhcpcd again. =)
>
> Gregus
>
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