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* Marius Mauch <genone@××××××.de> [2003-08-23 21:09]: |
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> Hi, |
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> what's the reason for dhcpcd being in the system profile |
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> (default-x86-1.4 at least, haven't checked the others)? If it's only |
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> because it might be used in /etc/conf.d/net I think it should be |
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> removed, as there are IMO many users who don't need/want dhcpcd on their |
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> systems. I know there are a lot of people using dhcp for their network |
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> config, but why should that impose it on people not using it (e.g. I |
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> only need it on one of my three boxes)? |
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> Of course if I miss something obvious here please correct me. |
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dhcpcd != dhcpd, just in case you got it wrong. |
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Anyway, if you didn't ;), I'd say dhcpcd is worth keeping in the |
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system profile because I think it's "universal". It doesn't hurt the |
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non-dhcp users. Imagine you have just installed Gentoo on a notebook. |
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You have set it up at home where you aren't using dhcp. But then you |
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go to some location where you just need dhcp because otherwise you |
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cannot use the network. What would you do when you'd discover there's |
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no dhcpcd installed yet? Well, of course you know it better next time, |
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but I think it's nicer when it's just there by default :) |
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