Merge pull request #657 from mtomaschewski/link-req

client: apply global LINK_REQUIRED setting if any

client/suse/compat-suse.c

@@ -1609,7 +1609,9 @@ __ni_suse_startmode(const ni_sysconfig_t *sc)
 			ni_sysconfig_get_integer(sc, "IFPLUGD_PRIORITY", &control->link_priority);
 		}
 
-		if ((value = ni_sysconfig_get_value(sc, "LINK_REQUIRED"))) {
+		if (!(value = ni_sysconfig_get_value(sc, "LINK_REQUIRED")))
+			value = ni_sysconfig_get_value(__ni_suse_config_defaults, "LINK_REQUIRED");
+		if (value) {
 			/* otherwise assume "auto" */
 			if (ni_string_eq(value, "yes"))
 				ni_tristate_set(&control->link_required, TRUE);

client/suse/config/sysconfig.config-wicked

@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 #
 AUTO6_WAIT_AT_BOOT=""
 
+## Type:        list(auto,yes,no)
+## Default:     "auto"
+#
+# Permits to specify/modify a global ifcfg default. Use with care!
+#
+# This settings breaks rules for many things, which require carrier
+# before they can start, e.g. L2 link protocols, link authentication,
+# ipv4 duplicate address detection, ipv6 duplicate detection will
+# happen "post-mortem" and maybe even cause to disable ipv6 at all.
+# See also "man ifcfg" for further informations.
+#
+LINK_REQUIRED="auto"
+
 ## Type:        string
 ## Default:     ""
 #