Fix bug bin/46579: ifconfig prints unnecessary message when deleting interface The NetBSD Project
Status: Closed Time to complete: 240 hrs Mentors: Julian Coleman, Julian Fagir Tags: C, system, network

The problem in this bug report is already analyzed: There is a general dispatcher for the requested tasks of ifconfig. After fulfilling these tasks, ifconfig goes on to show information, but then, the interface doesn't exist anymore.


You have to think of a clean way how to circumvent this, i.e. either catch non-existing devices before the task of ifconfig is done, or do a differentiation afterwards such that the error is not printed anymore.
ifconfig is a very complex tool, so expect a high difficulty from this task, not in the coding part, but in the analyzation part!

 

http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=46579 

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ifconfig.diff 489 bytes December 25 2012 10:54 UTC
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Task Claimed by gcking November 28 2012 19:12 UTC

I would like to work on this task.

Task Assigned by Julian Coleman November 28 2012 21:54 UTC

This task has been assigned to gcking. You have 240 hours to complete this task, good luck!

Progress? by Aleksej Saushev December 1 2012 11:35 UTC

Hi!


You're working for two days. Please, try reaching us on #netbsd-code to discuss progress.


If you have questions or problems, we'd like to get them resolved.

Initial Deadline passed by Melange December 8 2012 21:54 UTC

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Task Reopened by Melange December 9 2012 21:54 UTC

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Task Claimed by Brandon Gonzalez December 11 2012 02:48 UTC

I would like to work on this task.

Task Assigned by Aleksej Saushev December 11 2012 09:45 UTC

This task has been assigned to Brandon Gonzalez. You have 240 hours to complete this task, good luck!

IRC by Brandon Gonzalez December 11 2012 18:56 UTC

Is there an irc channel for netBSD that I can join for whatever questions I may have that I can't figure out myself? Thanks!

#netbsd-code on Freenode by gnrp December 11 2012 19:11 UTC

Yes, there is. You can join #netbsd-code on Freenode.

Deadline extended by Julian Coleman December 20 2012 18:45 UTC

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Initial Deadline passed by Melange December 24 2012 00:29 UTC

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Task Reopened by Melange December 24 2012 09:45 UTC

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Task Claimed by wmzhere December 25 2012 10:15 UTC

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Task Assigned by gnrp December 25 2012 10:32 UTC

This task has been assigned to wmzhere. You have 240 hours to complete this task, good luck!

Ready for review by wmzhere December 25 2012 10:55 UTC

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Task Needs More Work by gnrp December 27 2012 19:38 UTC

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Ready for review by wmzhere December 29 2012 14:05 UTC

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Task Closed by gnrp December 29 2012 14:07 UTC

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