Bug 595386

Summary:	NETWORKWAIT not documented
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Karl-Olov Serrander <m11172>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	12	CC:	fuzz, iarlyy, jonathan, jpopelka, notting, plautrba, rvokal
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Description Karl-Olov Serrander 2010-05-24 14:02:56 UTC

Description of problem: Network (controlled by NetworkManager) is not up when first attempt to mount nfsshares is done. Settings NETWORKWAIT=yes in /etc/sysconfig/network solves the problem.

Use of NETWORKWAIT in /etc/sysconfig/network (used by
/etc/init.d/NetworkManager) is not documented in /usr/share/doc/initscripts-9.02.2/sysconfig.txt

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
9.02.2-1

How reproducible: Everytime


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Comment 1 Jiri Popelka 2010-07-01 15:08:25 UTC

+1 here

I'm just looking for answer why dhcpd service does not start at boot if NetworkManager is enabled (bug #565921) and found several bugs where you (Bill) or Dan Williams advise to set NETWORKWAIT in /etc/sysconfig/network.

Like in:
- bug #441658
- bug #443409
- bug #447036
- bug #447442
- http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2010/04/07/networkmanager-on-server-type-machines-or-why-our-initscripts-suck/

So why is it not documented in sysconfig.txt ?

I know NETWORKWAIT is used only by NM and not by initscripts,
but where else should it be documented than in sysconfig.txt ?

I suggest something like:
    NETWORKWAIT=yes|no
     Set to 'yes' to cause NetworManager's initscript to block
     for 30 seconds or until a network connection is fully brought up.
     This is useful in scenarios where some service refuses to start
     during boot if there isn’t network fully up.

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2010-07-01 16:17:21 UTC

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=b3f6e39adc4627af2f781cff87f961246fbe6ac0

Will be in rawhide and likely some future F13 update.