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From: Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:18:29
Message-Id: 529FC6DF.3080002@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up by William Hubbs
1 On 12/05/2013 08:13 AM, William Hubbs wrote:
2 > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 07:45:22AM +0800, Patrick Lauer wrote:
3 >> On 12/05/2013 05:30 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
4 >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
5 >>>> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote:
6 >>>>> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in
7 >>>>> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style
8 >>>>
9 >>>> What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in
10 >>>> stage 3?
11 >>>>
12 >>>
13 >>> That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other
14 >>> basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also
15 >>> select a network config framework seems logical.
16 >>>
17 >>> Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand
18 >>> is impractical?
19 >>>
20 >> Well ...
21 >>
22 >> I remember filing a bug quite a while ago because we didn't have a dhcp
23 >> client included anymore. This made installs quite annoying because
24 >> before it was stage3, kernel, bootloader, go!
25 >>
26 >> And now it was go ... stop ... reboot ... install dhcp client ...
27 >> grremblwrrxrmkrxtlmrrrg .... reboot
28 >
29 > Are you sure this was caused by an issue in the stages? The description
30 > you are giving sounds like an issue with the LiveCD.
31 >
32 > William
33 >
34 Yes ... change must have been ~2006
35
36 Result: No dhcp client in stage3 (thanks Wolf31o2)
37
38 And it took a long time to be properly fixed