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

[Stewart Honsberger <blkdeath@gentoo.org>]

Marius Mauch wrote:

> what's the reason for dhcpcd being in the system profile
[...]

I agree completely. I maintain several Gentoo workstations that use 
PPPoE, static IPs, or ISC's DHCP server/client. On only a scant handfull 
of workstations do I use dhcpcd.

I imagine with the popularity of SOHO ADSL, statically configured LANs 
et al. dhcpcd is rather useless to a large percentage of our userbase.

Perhaps it could/should be relegated to the cron / syslog / kernel 
section of the install guide - eg, another optional component after the 
system is merged.

I, for one, have always advocated that the base system be just that - 
enough to make the system useable upon first boot. Enough to allow root 
to log in and merge functionality and nothing more.

Besides, then we can start a running tally; "Three years without an 
exploit in our base install!" (Apologies to Theo)

-- 
Stewart Honsberger
http://blackdeath.snerk.org/
"Capitalists, by nature, organize to protect themselves.
-- Geeks, by nature, resist organizaion."


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