rc.d NETWORKING dependancy not waiting for network to be up

[Matt Pounsett]

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It looks like the NETWORKING dummy dependancy doesn't actually cause  
the its dependants to wait for networking to be up, but simply for  
interfaces to be configured.  I'm wondering if this is actually  
intended, or if it's an unavoidable design flaw, or what?

I'm noting on my systems that ntpdate and ntpd are trying to start  
before the network is actually reachable, and therefore both have  
issues starting.  ntpdate is unable to sync the clock properly before  
ntpd starts, and ntpd doesn't seem to ever be able to sync to a time  
server if it starts trying to contact one before the network is fully  
up... and needs to be restarted after boot in order for it to work  
properly.

I'm working around the issue by sticking a 20 second delay into /etc/ 
rc.d/NETWORKING (this is probably way more than necessary, but I'm  
allowing for a large margin of error) which seems to fix my problem,  
but is obviously not ideal.

Any background or suggestions related to this from anyone?

Thanks,
    Matt


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