Re: {bb} Bbgen depends not working for conn tests

[Ben Pitzer <bpitzer@gmail.com>]

Won't the route statement affect all tests, though, not just the conn|fping?


On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:17:21 +0000 (UTC), Henrik Storner
<henrik-bb@hswn.dk> wrote:
> In <E518A02B320C8D4E97D99A8C5464802105096FEB@dohsmailhq01.doh.ad.state.fl.us> <Stewart_Larsen@doh.state.fl.us> writes:
> 
> >I have a hosts file that looks like the following...
> 
> >10.0.0.1     host1.domain.com #   depends=(conn:host2.domain.com/conn)
> >10.0.0.2     host2.domain.com #
> 
> >Both hosts have red connectivity.  My understanding is that since host2
> >can't be pinged, host1's conn test should be clear, not red. Is this
> >right?
> 
> I think you're right, and this is a bug.
> 
> Now, the excuse is that the "depends" setting wasn't meant to be
> used with the "conn" test, You should use the "route" setting for
> that. But this is not explicitly stated in the documentation, and
> it is also counter-intuitive.
> 
> So it's a bug I need to fix. In the meantime, you should get the
> result you want with
> 
> 10.0.0.1     host1.domain.com #   route:host2.domain.com
> 10.0.0.2     host2.domain.com #
> 
> 
> Henrik
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