From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22182 invoked by uid 1002); 23 Aug 2003 23:06:57 -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 12214 invoked from network); 23 Aug 2003 23:06:57 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: Wolfram Schlich , gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 23:06:36 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <20030823210429.57e7e85c.genone@genone.de> <20030823192037.ALLYOURBASEAREBELONGTOUS.A11963@bla.fasel.org> In-Reply-To: <20030823192037.ALLYOURBASEAREBELONGTOUS.A11963@bla.fasel.org> GPG-Public-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD53E9583 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="shift_jis" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308232306.55513.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] reason for dhcpcd in system profile ? X-Archives-Salt: 83456a79-61a9-4d17-bcfe-e169cc4d5fe7 X-Archives-Hash: 0c074d9b54e96e3bf74cc4398a4f6f85 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What about PPPoE? I don't think that hurts people who don't use it either?= =20 Maybe include some basic dialup tools at the same time? IMO, stuff in system should be what is actually required... If it included= =20 things that were common for a particular installation, then there would=20 likely be more than just default-*, and if I'm wrong about what system shou= ld=20 be for, let me know because it would mean I should probably be using a new= =20 profile for InGen instead of making a custom automated etc-update to protec= t=20 InGen's make.conf... On Saturday 23 August 2003 07:20 pm, Wolfram Schlich wrote: > * Marius Mauch [2003-08-23 21:09]: > > Hi, > > > > what's the reason for dhcpcd being in the system profile > > (default-x86-1.4 at least, haven't checked the others)? If it's only > > because it might be used in /etc/conf.d/net I think it should be > > removed, as there are IMO many users who don't need/want dhcpcd on their > > systems. I know there are a lot of people using dhcp for their network > > config, but why should that impose it on people not using it (e.g. I > > only need it on one of my three boxes)? > > Of course if I miss something obvious here please correct me. > > dhcpcd !=3D dhcpd, just in case you got it wrong. > > Anyway, if you didn't ;), I'd say dhcpcd is worth keeping in the > system profile because I think it's "universal". It doesn't hurt the > non-dhcp users. Imagine you have just installed Gentoo on a notebook. > You have set it up at home where you aren't using dhcp. But then you > go to some location where you just need dhcp because otherwise you > cannot use the network. What would you do when you'd discover there's > no dhcpcd installed yet? Well, of course you know it better next time, > but I think it's nicer when it's just there by default :) =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/R/OJZl/BHdU+lYMRAsK6AJ9rUWSacL79O8dedGdhozAvLoy2ZQCggOcv vpUcrXiZg0Y1rW69/MEXrzc=3D =3DVsLj =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list