Re: [gentoo-dev] Suitable USE flag name for stuff that requires non volatile memory

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

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On Sunday 13 May 2007, Roy Marples wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 May 2007, Roy Marples wrote:
> > > I've thought long and hard about it and I think a compile time
> > > option is best here. You can still disable the usage of DUID by
> > > null arg to the -I option, but many users launch dhcpcd by hand on
> > > the live cds.
> >
> > hmm, you can do it at runtime ?  then you could provide a wrapper
> > based on USE=livecd that calls dhcpcd with the proper arguments ...
> > -mike
>
> Yes, the net scripts could use -I if $CDBOOT is set, but I'm thinking
> about the user running it by hand here.

which is what i was referring to

if use livecd ; then
  <move dhcpcd to dhcpcd.real>
  <install wrapper script that executes `dhcpcd -I` as "dhcpcd">
fi
-mike

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