[ CORRECTED ] udhcpc retry interval

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Tuesday 06 November 2007 17:32, Paul Fox wrote:
> i wrote:
>  >  > when udhcpc fails to get a lease, it waits a full minute before
>  >  > trying again.  in some cases this is far too long.  clearly
>  >  > the udhcpc commandline is becoming over-burdened, but without
>  >  > a config file, there's not much choice:  i'd like to add
>  >  > an option (i chose '-A', for "again") which lets one set the
>  >  > try-again value.
> 
> here's the fixed/tested patch.  i will apply in a day or two if
> no one objects.

No objections.

> --- include/usage.h	5 Nov 2007 13:45:42 -0000	1.1.1.1
> +++ include/usage.h	6 Nov 2007 17:29:43 -0000
> @@ -3835,6 +3835,8 @@
>         "\n	-r,--request=IP		IP address to request" \
>         "\n	-s,--script=file	Run file at dhcp events (default: /usr/share/udhcpc/default.script)" \
>         "\n	-t,--retries=N		Send up to N request packets"\
> +       "\n	-T,--timeout=N		Try to get a lease for N seconds (default: 3)"\
> +       "\n	-A,--tryagain=N		Wait N seconds (default: 60) after failure"\
>         "\n	-f,--foreground	Run in foreground" \
>         "\n	-b,--background	Background if lease cannot be immediately negotiated" \
>         "\n	-S,--syslog	Log to syslog too" \

Youforgot to add help text to the section which is active
when long options are disabled. See

SKIP_GETOPT_LONG(...)

a few lines below that your change.
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