Re: [Bsdrp-users] BSDEP 1.992 issues with FRR

[Olivier Cochard-L. <ol...@co...>]

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 8:15 AM Lyubomir Yotov <l....@gm...> wrote:

> Hello Olivier,
> I tried version 1.992 and besides the startup script for staticd issue
> (FreeBSD bugzilla bug 276333) I had two other issues:
>
> 1. When restarting the service with the patched startup script (as per the
> patch from bug 276333) the mgmtd dawmon doesn’t start (below is the
> output). Since FRR 9.0 a centralized management daemon (mgmtd) is
> introduced and staticd configuration is migrated to mgmtd. Is there a way
> fir workaround?
>
>
>
Yes, FreeBSD's port tree was updated to fix that.


> 2. In the configuration of route maps it is not possible to add prefix
> lists because of
> https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/issues/14375
> I saw that the libyang version in 1.992 is 2.1.111
> Have you tested with libyand 2.1.80?
> Can you please provide an updated version with correctly patched frr
> service script and with libyang 2.1.80 if you find appropriate?
>

I’ve read the exchange between FRR and libyang teams, they are
interesting regarding the definition of a stable API :-)

libyang 2.1.128, that patch this regression, was committed in FreeBSD's
port tree.
https://github.com/CESNET/libyang/releases/tag/v2.1.128


So I just need to release a new BSDRP release with this updated port tree
to fix those 2 problems.



> One more question, is it possible to have the option “service frr reload”?
>

There is a dedicated python tool (in net/frr9-pythontools
as sbin/frr-reload.py) for this feature.
I didn’t look at it, but my thought was «If they need a python script with
more than 2000 lines for this reload feature, it will be a nightmare to do
it inside the RC shell script».
This is why there is no such "reload" feature currently: I hope once all
daemons being converted to use mgmtd, this will be a feature it will take
care of.

Regards,
Olivier