Patch to allow local net startup.

Patch to allow local net startup.

[Sean Reifschneider]

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Attached is a patch which looks for "/etc/hotplug/net-local", and uses
that in preference to "ifup" or other distro-specific configs to bring
the interface up.  I added this to a local copy because it seems to be
the only way I can get my own script to run for bringing up a hotplug
wireless interface.  Unfortunately, just listing some iwconfig arguments
isn't really that useful for the mobile user, I have a script that
configures itself differently depending on where it detects I am.

Some sort of mechanism for allowing users to wedge into the
initialization is really needed.

Sean
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--- admin/etc/hotplug/net.agent.old	2004-08-01 14:11:35.000000000 -0600
+++ admin/etc/hotplug/net.agent	2004-08-01 14:13:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@
 		fi;
 	    fi
 
-	    # RedHat and similar
 	    export IN_HOTPLUG=1
+	    # user-configured startup
+	    if [ -x /etc/hotplug/net-local.agent ]; then
+                exec /etc/hotplug/net-local.agent
+
+	    # RedHat and similar
 	    if [ -x /sbin/ifup ]; then
 		debug_mesg invoke ifup $INTERFACE
 		exec /sbin/ifup $INTERFACE