On Nov 10, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Daniel Walton <dwal...@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> Cisco IOS behaves the same way as quagga with the proposed patch...route-maps 
> are applied automatically after a few seconds.  Example:

I didn't realize that that had changed...

> While I appreciate the convenience it provides, I can also see this patch 
> being a significant PITA from time to time. So I would suggest the ability to 
> go either way, based on a CLI command. The simple version would simply switch 
> behavior between the two modes; a more complex version would queue up changes 
> while "holding" them, and then process them all as soon as the hold is 
> released. ISTM that the more complex version would be a really nice feature 
> to have, but since I'm not writing the code, I'm not going to complain either 
> way.
> 
> The user could do this by setting the timer to 0, make their changes and then 
> set the timer to non-zero (or leave it at zero and soft clear all peers). 
> 
> superm-redxp-05(config-router)# bgp route-map delay-timer ?
>   <0-600>  0 disables the timer,  no route updates happen when route-maps 
> change
> superm-redxp-05(config-router)#

Yes, that's exactly what I was talking about. Didn't know that was there - 
sorry for the noise. :-(

/a
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