[patch] Patch for net.eth0 adding new 'gateway_fallback' option

fallbackgateway.patch (text/plain), 972 bytes, created by Pawel Kraszewski on 2005-03-17 09:52:15 UTC

--- net.eth0	2005-03-17 18:26:04.715639680 +0000
+++ net.new	2005-03-17 18:27:46.635145560 +0000
@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@
 				ifconfig ${IFACE} ${ifconfig_fallback_IFACE} >${devnull} && \
 				ifconfig ${IFACE} up &>${devnull}
 				eend $? || return $?
+				if [[ ${gateway_fallback} == ${IFACE}/* ]]; then
+					local ogw=$(/bin/netstat -rn | awk '$1 == "0.0.0.0" {print $2}')
+					local gw=${gateway_fallback#*/}
+					if [[ ${ogw} != ${gw} ]]; then
+						ebegin "  Setting fallback default gateway ($gw)"
+
+						# First delete any existing route if it was setup by kernel...
+						/sbin/route del default dev ${IFACE} &>${devnull}
+
+						# Second delete old gateway if it was set...
+						/sbin/route del default gw ${ogw} &>${devnull}
+
+						# Third add our new default gateway
+						/sbin/route add default gw ${gw} >${devnull}
+						eend $? || {
+							true # need to have some command in here
+						}
+					fi
+				fi
 			else
 				return $retval
 			fi