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On Monday 27 September 2004 04:05 pm, Armando Di Cianno wrote: |
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> No, it's Gentoo's way of getting an IP via dhcp. |
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Ah, what about the other options? I may not want to use dhcpcd. |
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> Gentoo's default /etc/init.d/net.<device> scripts offer DHCP support. |
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> One DHCP capable client, and support for it, has to be in the system |
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> profile, then, imho. I thought this was dhcpcd. If the default |
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> system scripts support a feature, all necessary software for that |
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> feature should be in a system profile. This is basically the whole |
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> idea of RDEPEND in general, no? ;-) |
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The key word is option.. Which translates to me, optional.. Putting it in the |
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system profile means I am stuck with it.. Thats the point.. |
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> __armando |
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> P.S. I would love to see a move dynamic network configuration |
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> interface/scripts in Gentoo ... especially in regards to mobile |
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> computers/"profile" switching; granted these tools exist in portage, |
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> but they don't exactly integrate well "out of the box". Actually, |
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> that's kind of my point, I guess: removing dhcpcd sort of ruins the |
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> "out of the box"-ness of a new Gentoo install. Imagine how annoying |
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> it would be if you booted the install disc, got a dhcp address, and |
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> then _didn't_ have dhcpcd when you started your new system for the |
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> first time. |
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Well, thats called docs.. You tell the person to install what they need for |
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networking in the install docs.. Its that simple.. |
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And I don't want to hear, blah blah, they dont follow the docs.. Thats their |
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problem.. They cant read the docs, thats their risk.. Hell, how many times I |
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see in gentoo-user which says: |
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Cant boot system.. Error /dev/ROOT.. (shortening it obviously) |
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clearly, not reading a damn thing.. |
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Jeff |
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