From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue May 16 10:10: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E6A37BAAE for ; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA18629; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200005161710.KAA18629@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Brooks Davis Subject: Re: conf/18583: [PATCH] DHCP should be able to override hostname. Reply-To: Brooks Davis Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR conf/18583; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brooks Davis To: Garrett Wollman Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/18583: [PATCH] DHCP should be able to override hostname. Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:02:52 -0700 On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 12:31:22PM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < said: > > > If that has been a real option, I would have done it. However, dhclient > > communicates with it's script through the environment and rc.conf et al > > work by spamming the environment. > > Use a subshell. Thank's for the tip, I'm working up a new patch. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message