Re: [gentoo-dev] reason for dhcpcd in system profile ?

[Marius Mauch <genone@genone.de>]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:04:29 +0200
Marius Mauch <genone@genone.de> wrote:

> 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.

Ok, it seems most people like dhcpcd being part of system. Then let me
ask another question: Is there a way to get rid of packages in system
that works with world upgrades without creating my own local profile?
Making my own profile probably isn't difficult, but it needs to be
maintained. And all I want is to get rid of 2 or 3 packages that I don't
need/want to be installed.
If there is no such way maybe it should be implemented, or is there a
reason not to do it?

Marius

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