FS#34867 - [netctl] Add wait and exit status feedback

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Bigby James (ANOKNUSA) - Sunday, 21 April 2013, 13:29 GMT
Last edited by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Thursday, 25 April 2013, 08:03 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description: While netctl functions fine for me most of the time, it's nonetheless annoying to stare at the prompt and wonder if the profile is doing anything. It would be nice for the next update to include status messages for the user, e.g. "Connecting to <network x>," "Requesting IP," "Connection established," etc. Note that while the man page for netctl states:

EXIT STATUS
On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

I nonetheless get no such feedback, other than other than journalctl's message on failure.
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Closed by  Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Thursday, 25 April 2013, 08:03 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Comment by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Monday, 22 April 2013, 19:46 GMT
There is an item on the TODO of systemd (in the systemctl section):

- Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done

This is a systemd bug, not a netctl one.
I don't see anything wrong with the return codes. They are not meant to be printed.

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