From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23628 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2004 21:48:54 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 27 Sep 2004 21:48:54 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CC3Mc-0005EF-Gd for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:48:54 +0000 Received: (qmail 869 invoked by uid 89); 27 Sep 2004 21:48:11 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23259 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2004 21:48:11 +0000 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096318067.30926.0.camel@helen.science.oregonstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-1) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:47:47 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] removing dhcpcd from system??? X-Archives-Salt: bff4e0fd-ac09-4ad7-b9e2-30282d17dab3 X-Archives-Hash: ccfeff3f43001a5970a9d6dbdcb275fc On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 14:24, Armando Di Cianno wrote: > On 2004-09-27 17:10:06 -0400 Jeff Smelser wrote: > >> No, it's Gentoo's way of getting an IP via dhcp. > > > > Ah, what about the other options? I may not want to use dhcpcd. > Yes, I agree. dhcpcd offers the least nice functionality of the > available dhcp client. > > However the functioning of base system scripts depend on it. I do not > know if they did or not, but did the person who removed dhcpcd from > the system profile also edit the /etc/init.d/net.eth0 (the default > one) script to politely bomb out and explain to the user that they > need to install dhcpcd if "dhcp" is set for that interface in > /etc/conf.d/net? Why don't you search for and/or file a bug on this? -- Donnie Berkholz Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list