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Luke-Jr posted <200409272020.58709.luke-jr@×××××××.org>, excerpted below, |
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on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:20:55 +0000: |
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> On Monday 27 September 2004 7:50 pm, Travis Tilley wrote: |
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>> wtf crack monkey voted to remove dhcpcd from the system profile? i |
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>> dunno about you guys, but i like actually being able to connect to the |
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>> internet. it's as essential as ifconfig. |
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>> since i'd like to at least have a usable system of some kind, i've |
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>> re-added dhcpcd to the amd64 2004.3 profile. please do me a favor and |
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>> do NOT remove it again. |
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> I didn't do it, but dhcpcd sure isn't essential to get an internet |
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> connection. I've heard of various other methods such as setting a static |
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> IP, PPPoE, PPP/dialup, pump (BOOTP/DHCP client), etc... IMO, removing it |
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> was a good idea. |
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No kidding. I'm on amd64 here, and don't need nor want dhcp-anything. It |
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doesn't belong in the default profile, any more than NetBIOS over TCP/IP |
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belongs in the MS default profile. If it's not needed, as it isn't for |
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many folks, it shouldn't be installed, for security reasons. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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