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| author | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2016-03-31 14:42:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2016-03-31 14:51:24 +0200 |
| commit | 4db69c5b520c15f25390a5b9c26db53c6397e5c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 7056727357407181c125eec229f72787edb3e796 | |
| parent | 05326c205147ec054549d7099d76001dc5472af3 (diff) | |
man: discourage use of monitor-connection-files=yes in NetworkManager.conf manual
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764402
Related: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754677
Related: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272617
| -rw-r--r-- | man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in index 2a847f8f5e..accbaf9054 100644 --- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in +++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in @@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ plugins-=remove-me the connection files at startup, and when explicitly requested via the ReloadConnections D-Bus call. If this key is set to '<literal>true</literal>', then NetworkManager will reload - connection files any time they changed.</para></listitem> + connection files any time they changed. + Automatic reloading is not adviced because there are race conditions + involved and it depends on the way how the editor updates the file. + In some situations, NetworkManager might first delete and add the + connection anew, instead of updating the existing one. Also, NetworkManager + might pick up incomplete settings while the user is still editing the files. + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>auth-polkit</varname></term> |