Annoying ERROR: 'wlan0' is not a DHCP-enabled interface

Xin LI delphij at delphij.net
Fri Nov 18 20:59:06 UTC 2011


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On 11/18/11 12:50, Eygene Ryabinkin wrote:
> Garrett, good day.
> 
> Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:42:27PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Is there any counter reasoning about "having an interface
>>> marked as non-DHCP is not an error"?  I'm still not convinced
>>> with the benefit of having it show an error message.
>> 
>> +1. I consider this to be debug noise.
> 
> Well, what about the silent output from 'cc -o test test.c' when 
> you have no file test.c or the compiler is absent?  It is the same 
> thing (as I see it) and in this case will you expect that the
> binary 'test' will be compiled and ready for use or not?  I will,
> but this can be my personal delusion.

I don't think this is a valid argument to my reasoning...  In this
specific case, having test.c absent is an error, while in the
rc.d/dhclient case, having an interface without DHCP configuration is
a perfectly fine one, and worked fine in the past...

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	https://www.delphij.net/
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