[arch-projects] [netctl] [patch] Cautiously document DHCPOptions variable

[Jouke Witteveen]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Leonid Isaev <lisaev at umail.iu.edu> wrote:
>  docs/netctl.profile.5.txt | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt b/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt
> index 176e876..8a5c9c6 100644
> --- a/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt
> +++ b/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt
> @@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ network. In particular, these connection types are +ethernet+,
>      The name of the preferred DHCP client. Supported options are
>      `dhcpcd' and `dhclient'. Defaults to `dhcpcd'.
>
> +'DHCPOptions=' [quoted string]::
> +    Additional options to be passed directly to the DHCP client.
> +    Example: DHCPOptions="-d -A". This variable is not checked for
> +    validity or sanity of included options, so certain combinations,
> +    like "-b -k" for dhcpcd, may have unpredictable consequences.
> +    This variable should be used only when absolutely necessary,
> +    ideally never at all. In order to configure a timeout to wait
> +    for a lease, see 'TimeoutDHCP' below. Defaults to an empty string.
> +

Thats a lot of lines for something that shouldn't be used. I've put up
something shorter, thanks anyway :-).

>  'IPCustom=()'::
>      An array of argument lines to pass to `ip`. This can be used to
>      achieve complicated configurations within the framework of *netctl*.
>
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> Leonid Isaev
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