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From: "C. Brewer" <cbrewer@×××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/dhcpc
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:36:34
Message-Id: 200403022237.01731.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] virtual/dhcpc by Seemant Kulleen
1 On Tuesday March 2 2004 10:15, Seemant Kulleen wrote:
2
3 > I've been looking through the profiles again (I know I know, I'm trying
4 > to quit doing that :P), and I notice we have net-misc/dhcpcd in there to
5 > allow dhcp by default. However, there are at least two other
6 > alternative dhcp client programmes in portage: udhcp and dhcpv6, with
7 > dhcp-agent being another possibility (and someone MAY add dhcp-client
8 > that debian uses into portage some day, who knows).
9
10 I'd like to see a resolving of Bug #28365
11 ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28365 ) first, clearing up the
12 _why_it's default, before trying to virtual out that default.
13
14 Granted, I'll care considerably less after Friday when the DSL is in, but
15 someone has to watch out for the dial-up peeps:)
16 --
17 Chuck Brewer
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