dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Amit

On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 18:08:59 Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> Finally got around to working on this. Here is the hook I made on
> to handle static IP:
> 
> /etc/dhcpcd.enter-hook/03-static:
> 
> # If interface is configured as static, don't run dhcpcd
> 
> if [ "$reason" = CARRIER -a -e "/etc/network/interfaces" ]; then
>         # Search for a static entry
>         if grep "iface $interface inet static" /etc/network/interfaces
>         then
>                 syslog info "$interface is configured as static...exiting
> dhcpcd" dhcpcd -k $interface
>         fi
> fi
> 
> What do you think of this?

I think it's a good idea, novel and works!
Two points.
You should test for PREINIT, not CARRIER as you only want to check once really 
and as fast as possible.
Also, use dhcpcd -x and not -k. If the user wants to release all the time, 
specify that in dhcpcd.conf, don't assume you know better by forcing it in a 
script.

Otherwise looks very good!

Roy