consistently name interface variables xxx_if and display a hint on initial installation that those packages need this variable to be set before it can be started (although usually all OpenPKG daemon packages can be started without any configurations)

arpd/arpd.spec

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Network
 License:      GNU
 Version:      0.2
-Release:      20050302
+Release:      20050729
 
 #   package options
 %option       with_fsl  yes
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     exit 0
 
 %post
+    if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
+        #   display final hints on initial installation
+        ( echo "Before starting ARP daemon, please set the configuration variable"
+          echo "\"arpd_if\" in $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/etc/rc.conf to the name of the"
+          echo "used network interface."
+        ) | %{l_rpmtool} msg -b -t notice
+    fi
     if [ $1 -eq 2 ]; then
         #   after upgrade, restore status
         eval `cat %{l_tmpfile}`; rm -f %{l_tmpfile}

arpd/rc.arpd

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     arpd_log_minsize="1M"
     arpd_log_complevel="9"
     arpd_ip_network="192.168.100.0/24"
-    arpd_hw_iface=""
+    arpd_if=""
 
 %common
     arpd_pidfile="@l_prefix@/var/arpd/arpd.pid"
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 %start -u @l_susr@
     rcService arpd enable yes || exit 0
     rcService arpd active yes && exit 0
-    if [ ".$arpd_hw_iface" != . ]; then
-        arpd_interface="-i $arpd_hw_iface"
+    if [ ".$arpd_if" != . ]; then
+        arpd_interface="-i $arpd_if"
     fi
     @l_prefix@/sbin/arpd \
         $arpd_interface \

dhcpd/dhcpd.spec

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Class:        BASE
 Group:        DNS
 License:      ISC/BSD
 Version:      3.0.3
-Release:      20050726
+Release:      20050729
 
 #   package options
 %option       with_fsl  yes
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %post
+    if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
+        #   display final hints on initial installation
+        ( echo "Before starting DHCP daemon, please set the configuration variable"
+          echo "\"dhcpd_if\" in $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/etc/rc.conf to the name of the"
+          echo "used network interface."
+        ) | %{l_rpmtool} msg -b -t notice
+    fi
+
     #   after upgrade, restart service
     [ $1 -eq 2 ] || exit 0
     eval `%{l_rc} dhcpd status 2>/dev/null`

honeyd/honeyd.spec

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Security
 License:      BSD
 Version:      1.0
-Release:      20050107
+Release:      20050729
 
 #   package options
 %option       with_fsl  yes
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     exit 0
 
 %post
+    if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
+        #   display final hints on initial installation
+        ( echo "Before starting Honey daemon, please set the configuration variable"
+          echo "\"honeyd_if\" in $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/etc/rc.conf to the name of the"
+          echo "used network interface."
+        ) | %{l_rpmtool} msg -b -t notice
+    fi
     if [ $1 -eq 2 ]; then
         #   after upgrade, restore status
         eval `cat %{l_tmpfile}`; rm -f %{l_tmpfile}

honeyd/rc.honeyd

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     honeyd_log_minsize="1M"
     honeyd_log_complevel="9"
     honeyd_ip_network="192.168.100.0/24"
-    honeyd_hw_iface=""
+    honeyd_if=""
 
 %common
     honeyd_pidfile="@l_prefix@/var/honeyd/honeyd.pid"
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 %start -u @l_susr@
     rcService honeyd enable yes || exit 0
     rcService honeyd active yes && exit 0
-    if [ ".$honeyd_hw_iface" != . ]; then
-        arpd_interface="-i $honeyd_hw_iface"
+    if [ ".$honeyd_if" != . ]; then
+        arpd_interface="-i $honeyd_if"
     fi
     @l_prefix@/bin/honeyd \
         -p $honeyd_prnfile \

snort/snort.spec

@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %post
+    if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
+        #   display final hints on initial installation
+        ( echo "Before starting Snort IDS, please set the configuration variable"
+          echo "\"snort_if\" in $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/etc/rc.conf to the name of the"
+          echo "used network interface."
+        ) | %{l_rpmtool} msg -b -t notice
+    fi
+
     #   after upgrade, restart service
     [ $1 -eq 2 ] || exit 0
     eval `%{l_rc} snort status 2>/dev/null`