Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system???

[Ioannis Aslanidis]

What happens is that if I install Gentoo ina laboratory of machines, I
don't want to have to do extra configuration... that's all: I'm lazy
;)


On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 00:57:20 +0200, Tom Payne <twp@g.o> wrote:
> Forgive me if I'm stating the obvious, but I get the impression that the
> there's a misunderstanding here which seems to be the causing the
> disagreement.
>
> The system profile is /not/ the same as what's on the installation CD.
>
> The system profile is the "minimum" Gentoo system -- just the bare bones
> (init scripts, glibc, gcc, portage, that sort of thing).
>
> The installation CD includes the system profile and lots of useful other
> things, like a web browser (links).
>
> This means that if dhcpc is not in the system profile:
> 1) it'll still be on the installation CD so you can install over your
> broadband connection, and
> 2) if you need it then you'll have to emerge manually (much like you already
> have to emerge a system logger and a crond if you want them).
>
> You do not need dhcp to run a minimum Gentoo system so it can be safely
> removed from the system profile.
>
> --
> Tom
>
>
>
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