* Re: [gentoo-dev] reason for dhcpcd in system profile ?
@ 2003-08-24 7:22 99% ` Stewart Honsberger
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From: Stewart Honsberger @ 2003-08-24 7:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Kevyn Shortell; +Cc: Marius Mauch, gentoo-dev
Kevyn Shortell wrote:
> Well I for one would be completely SOL without it, my isp is sane and
> doesn't use PPPoE thank god. They do however use DHCP. And in case your
> wondering who my ISP is, it's Comcast Cable, which probably has more
> users than SOHO DSL. It isn't as if they are a little ISP.
In Canada, DSL accounts for atleast half, perhaps even greater number of
all broadband subscribers.
> Also, every wireless gateway on the planet uses DHCP, same goes for
> basic firewall boxes.
>
> I don't see the need to tell all those users that they have to do
> additional things in order to get thier box on the net during the
> install process. Do you? It doesn't hurt anything to leave it.
During the install process I would expect to have dhcpcd and pppoe
support included. We weren't talking about the install process, we were
talking about the base system.
As for what it 'hurts', nothing, per se. The only effects I was
referring to is runaway packages in the base system profile which can
cause problems down the road.
For example, it's better to have as minimal a base system as possible to
minimize support and allow flexibility. Perl 5 in the base system is a
potential issue. It's rather large, and there are a significant number
of users who have no use for it. Its inclusion should likely be
investigated moreso than that of dhcpcd.
FWIW, I don't feel terribly strongly one way or another with regards to
dhcpcd.
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