Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v3] BSD: implement virNetDev(Set|Clear)IPv4Address

Eric Blake wrote: > On 08/11/2013 07:54 AM, Roman Bogorodskiy wrote: > > Provide an implementation of virNetDev(Set|Clear)IPv4Address based on > > BSD ifconfig tool in addition to 'ip' from Linux iproute2 package. > > --- > > configure.ac | 15 +++++++++++++++ > > src/util/virnetdev.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+) > > > > > > > if test $with_freebsd = yes; then > > + want_ifconfig=yes > > + > > with_firewalld=no > > fi > > > > @@ -2429,6 +2435,15 @@ AC_CHECK_DECLS([BRDGSFD, BRDGADD, BRDGDEL], > > #include <net/if_bridgevar.h> > > ]) > > > > +# Check if we need to look for ifconfig > > +if test "$want_ifconfig" = "yes"; then > > + AC_PATH_PROG([IFCONFIG_PATH], [ifconfig]) > > + if test -z "$IFCONFIG_PATH"; then > > + AC_MSG_ERROR([Failed to find ifconfig.]) > > This means that configure will fail if ifconfig is not installed but > want_ifconfig was set. Are you certain enough that FreeBSD is likely to > have ifconfig by default, and thus not hit this failure except on > extremely unlikely configurations? ifconfig is a part of FreeBSD base system. And appears it's not even possible to disable installing it via make.conf [1]. So I doubt there are a lot of systems without ifconfig, and even if they exist I'm not sure we need to support them because, as you said, it's extremely unlikely configuration. 1: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make.conf&sektion=5