Re: dhcpcd glue for rc.d/network and sysinst

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 02:58:48PM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Tue, 27 May 2008, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>> Patch attached, it needs work :-)
>
> Make it clear that the "dhcp" is meant literally:
>
>       .Dq dhcp
>
> the rest looks ok - commit!

OK, attached patch does that and adds a forward reference to dhclient's
variable.

Joerg

Index: ifconfig.if.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/repo/netbsd/src/share/man/man5/ifconfig.if.5,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -p -r1.8 ifconfig.if.5
--- ifconfig.if.5       24 Nov 2005 17:28:46 -0000      1.8
+++ ifconfig.if.5       27 May 2008 13:41:44 -0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd November 24, 2005
+.Dd May 27, 2008
 .Dt IFCONFIG.IF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Normally, a line will be evaluated as co
 .Dq Li ifconfig if
 will be prepended on evaluation.
 .Pp
+If the line is equal to
+.Dq dhcp ,
+.Xr dhcpcd 8
+will be started for the interface.
+.Pp
 If a line is empty, or starts with
 .Sq # ,
 the line will be ignored as comment.
Index: rc.conf.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/repo/netbsd/src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.115
diff -u -p -r1.115 rc.conf.5
--- rc.conf.5   15 Apr 2008 11:17:48 -0000      1.115
+++ rc.conf.5   27 May 2008 13:41:26 -0000
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd May 15, 2007
+.Dd May 27, 2008
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -450,7 +450,10 @@ or
 Set to
 .Sq YES
 to configure some or all network interfaces using
-the DHCP client.
+the ISC DHCP client.
+See the
+.Sy ifconfig_xxN
+variable for an alternative way to start use DHCP.
 If you set
 .Sy dhclient
 to
@@ -654,7 +657,11 @@ parameters in
 .Pa /etc/ifconfig.xxN
 and then in the variable
 .Sy ifconfig_xxN .
-The contents of the file or the variable are handed to ifconfig
+If this variable is equal to
+.Dq dhcp ,
+.Xr dhcpcd 8
+is started for the interface.
+Otherwise the contents of the file or the variable are handed to ifconfig
 after the interface name.
 If
 .Sy auto_ifconfig