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Diffstat (limited to 'cloudinit/net/__init__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | cloudinit/net/__init__.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/net/__init__.py b/cloudinit/net/__init__.py index 76cd4e8b..2435055b 100644 --- a/cloudinit/net/__init__.py +++ b/cloudinit/net/__init__.py @@ -349,6 +349,20 @@ def iface_add_attrs(iface): def render_route(route, indent=""): + """ When rendering routes for an iface, in some cases applying a route + may result in the route command returning non-zero which produces + some confusing output for users manually using ifup/ifdown[1]. To + that end, we will optionally include an '|| true' postfix to each + route line allowing users to work with ifup/ifdown without using + --force option. + + We may at somepoint not want to emit this additional postfix, and + add a 'strict' flag to this function. When called with strict=True, + then we will not append the postfix. + + 1. http://askubuntu.com/questions/168033/ + how-to-set-static-routes-in-ubuntu-server + """ content = "" up = indent + "post-up route add" down = indent + "pre-down route del" |