Re: How do people use npf with dhcpcd?

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2025, David Brownlee wrote:

> My npf.conf contains the below, which fails when rge0 does not (yet)
> have an IP address
>
> $int_if = "rge0"
> $int_ip = inet4($int_if)
>
> So far I have worked around this by having the following in rc.conf
>
> if ifconfig rge0 | grep -q 'inet ' ; then
>    npf_rules=/etc/npf.conf
> else
>    npf_rules=/etc/npf.boot
> fi
>
> and calling /etc/rc.d/npf reload in dhcpcd.exit-hooks, but this
> seems... inelegant

Pass the `-w' (wait) flag to dhcpcd?:

```
$ fgrep dhcpcd /etc/rc.conf
dhcpcd=YES
dhcpcd_flags="-4Mqw ure0 vioif0"
$
```

-RVP