[PATCH] Add the ability for a sysconfig file to determine extra parameters for bird

[Alex Bligh]

Any thoughts on this?

Alex

On 11 Dec 2013, at 21:06, Alex Bligh wrote:

> On Ubuntu / Debian, you can use /etc/default/bird{,6} to specify
> parameters to be passed to the bird daemon. As far as I can tell,
> using the rpm spec file in the current srpm, you can't.
> 
> I do NOT claim to be a Redhat expert, but a patch like this would
> seem to provide equivalent functionality. I am taking it
> /etc/sysconfig is the right place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bligh <alex at alex.org.uk>
> ---
> misc/bird.init |    9 +++++++--
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/misc/bird.init b/misc/bird.init
> index 56842bf..7556dc5 100755
> --- a/misc/bird.init
> +++ b/misc/bird.init
> @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
> BIRD4="yes"
> BIRD6="yes"
> 
> +BIRD4ARGS=
> +BIRD6ARGS=
> +
> [ -f /etc/bird.conf ] || BIRD4="no"
> [ -f /usr/sbin/bird ] || BIRD4="no"
> [ "${NETWORKING}" = "yes" ] || BIRD4="no"
> @@ -30,6 +33,8 @@ BIRD6="yes"
> [ -f /usr/sbin/bird6 ] || BIRD6="no"
> [ "${NETWORKING_IPV6}" = "yes" ] || BIRD6="no"
> 
> +[ -e /etc/sysconfig/bird ] && . /etc/sysconfig/bird
> +
> RETVAL=0
> 
> # See how we were called.
> @@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ case "$1" in
> 	if [ "$BIRD4" = "yes" ]
> 	then
> 		echo -n "Starting BIRD for IPv4: "
> -		daemon bird
> +		daemon bird ${BIRD4ARGS}
> 		RETVAL=$?
> 		echo
> 		[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/bird
> @@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ case "$1" in
> 	if [ "$BIRD6" = "yes" ]
> 	then
> 		echo -n "Starting BIRD for IPv6: "
> -		daemon bird6
> +		daemon bird6 ${BIRD6ARGS}
> 		RETVAL=$?
> 		echo
> 		[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/bird6
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 

-- 
Alex Bligh