From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 22:58:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA15972 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:58:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nomad.dataplex.net (nomad.dataplex.net [208.2.87.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA15963; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:58:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rkw@nomad.dataplex.net) Received: from localhost (rkw@localhost) by nomad.dataplex.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA04502; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 00:58:00 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from rkw@nomad.dataplex.net) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 00:58:00 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Wackerbarth To: "Daniel O'Connor" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 09-Feb-99 Charlie ROOT wrote: > > Further, the assertion that it is easier to configure the WIDE client is > > WRONG. The ISC CLIENT requires NO configuration. I don't see how anything > > can be simpler. :-) > Hmmm.. This annoyed me actually.. > There is NO config file which means its damn annoying for you to tweak how it works.. > Almost like a windows app really :) This also is incorrect. You MAY have a configuration file to override the defaults. In most cases, the defaults are just fine and the configuration file may be omitted. However, all the knobs are there for those who need them. > The WIDE client's default config file is usually quite OK. As I said, the ISC clients (non-existant) file is equally acceptable. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message