Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:27:45 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers chapter.sgml Message-ID: <42D4FAB1.9090407@n00b.apagnu.se> In-Reply-To: <20050713104519.GO80131@submonkey.net> References: <200507130721.j6D7L2Ko034348@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050713104519.GO80131@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 07:21:01AM +0000, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > >>blackend 2005-07-13 07:21:01 UTC >> >> FreeBSD doc repository >> >> Modified files: >> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers chapter.sgml >> Log: >> Mention a bit OpenBSD dhclient for 6.0 > > > Thanks for working on this, Marc. > > I have a question: > > >>| @@ -2545,15 +2545,19 @@ nis_client_flags="-S <replaceable>NIS do >>| <para>DHCP, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, describes >>| the means by which a system can connect to a network and obtain the >>| necessary information for communication upon that network. FreeBSD >>| - uses the ISC (Internet Software Consortium) DHCP implementation, so >>| - all implementation-specific information here is for use with the ISC >>| - distribution.</para> >>| + versions prior to 6.0 use the ISC (Internet Software >>| + Consortium) DHCP client (&man.dhclient.8;) implementation. >>| + Later versions use the OpenBSD <command>dhclient</command> >>| + taken from OpenBSD 3.7. All implementation-specific > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >>| + information here regarding <command>dhclient</command> is for > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >>| + use with both the ISC and the OpenBSD DHCP client. The DHCP > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >>| + server is the one included in the ISC distribution.</para> > > > Isn't this implementation non-specific by definition? > > Ceri Maybe it is. Overlooked that when I made the original patch. A suggestion is to say it something like: "All specific information here regarding dhclient is for use with either of the ISC DHCP client or the OpenBSD DHCP client." I can provide a patch if necessary. Regards! //Niclas
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