Re: nm-system-settings problem

[Gene Czarcinski <gene czarc net>]

On Friday 09 May 2008 11:11:51 Gene Czarcinski wrote:
> I have reported a problem with
> system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-fedora/plugin.c not detecting changes made by
> system-config-network because the ifcfg file in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ is really a hardlink rather than the main
> file.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444502
>
> Besides the "patch" I have outlined in the bug report (towards the end), it
> appears that simply adding another int (wd2) to the SCPluginIfcfgPrivate
> struct definition could be used to hold the value of hardlink's wd.
>
> I would appreciate more knowledgable eyes to take a look at the bug report
> to see if the patch I have outlined makes sense.
>
> If this makes sense, I will cobble a patch together and submit it.

Yet more fooling around and testing.

I MAY have found a quick and simple fix:

In ifcfg-fedora/plugin.c around line 52, change:

#define IFCFG_DIR SYSCONFDIR"/sysconfig/network-scripts/"

to:

#define IFCFG_DIR SYSCONFDIR"/sysconfig/networking/devices/"

This change appears to put ifcfg-fedora/plugin.c in sync with
system-config-network as the what the "real" file is being changed.  However,
the whole business of hardlinks is being ignored stuff_changed() since evt.wd 
is NOT the expected one.  What I have seen so far is the wd==1 for the 
watched directory but wd>1 for hardlinks.  Since there can be multiple 
devices defined, the value of wd can vary all over the place.

Now, the question is:  What does this change screw up???

--
Gene