Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:34:55 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/12984: No dhclient support in /etc/rc* Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990811103311.21969B-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <199908051630.JAA87261@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> The patch looks okay, too, though. There's something appealing about being > able to simply stick ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" in rc.conf, and not have to muck The patch emulates the pccard way of doing this. > with a start_if script. I'd suggest calling the new rc.conf variable > something like dhcpc_program, instead of just dhcp_program, to avoid > confusion with a possible future DHCP server program variable. Making rc.conf depend on the version or make of the program is a bad idea. Specifying it at all is a bad thing as we have a dhcp client in the base distribution, so that should be used. Nick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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