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From: Justin Whitney <ripple@××××××.be>
To: Heinrich Wendel <lanius@g.o>
Cc: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] VIRTUAL: tftp
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:42:09
Message-Id: 1066596124.6408.6.camel@osiris.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] VIRTUAL: tftp by Heinrich Wendel
1 then again, -hpa supports the tsize option which is required for booting
2 off the pxe stack (popular), and netkit does not support this option.
3
4 --Justin
5
6 On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 12:44, Heinrich Wendel wrote:
7 > On Sunday 19 October 2003 19:28, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
8 > > On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 10:19, Heinrich Wendel wrote:
9 > > > Hi,
10 > > >
11 > > > We currently have netkit-tftpd, aftpd and tftp-hpa. I think a
12 > > > virtual/tftpd would be a good idea, each should have a block on
13 > > > virtual/tftpd, as i can see no reason for installing two tftp servers,
14 > > > and they all install "/usr/sbin/in.tftpd". See also bug #25440, what do
15 > > > you think?
16 > >
17 > > I think it is a very good idea. This way ebuilds could just depend
18 > > against the virtual. Which do you plan on making the default? My vote
19 > > is with tftp-hpa.
20 >
21 > I would vote for netkit-tftp as it also has support for mips (not sure though
22 > if mips is still officially supported by gentoo).
23 >
24 > mfg, Heinrich
25 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] VIRTUAL: tftp Heinrich Wendel <lanius@g.o>