From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 9 00:04:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA21086 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 00:04:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA21080; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 00:04:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk) Received: from [158.152.54.180] (helo=myrddin.demon.co.uk) by post.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10A89S-0005H7-00; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:04:11 +0000 Received: from localhost (myrddin.demon.co.uk) [127.0.0.1] by myrddin.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #1) id 10A862-0000GY-00; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:00:38 +0000 To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ References: <19990208142820.A9457@relay.nuxi.com> From: Dom Mitchell In-Reply-To: "David O'Brien"'s message of "Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:28:20 -0800" X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Emerald" Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 08:00:38 +0000 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "David O'Brien" writes: > I am planning on adding the Wide-DHCP client to src/contrib/ and > src/sbin/ in a few days. > > I have it bmaked and ready go to. I have choosen the WIDE client because > it is much smaller space-wise than the ISC client and its configuration > is simplier. > > The plan is to make a boot floppy / boot CDROM with a DHCP client on it. Having just read all the emotional arguments, I have a technical one: What impact will this have on the rc files? How will it affect rc.conf, seeing as it overrides several values therein? What happens if your lease expires and doesn't get renewed, or gets renewed with a different IP address? Having seen the complete mess that DHCP client support made of Solaris' init files (and they were bad to start with!), I'm keen to not see the same convolution made here. -- When I said "we", officer, I was referring to myself, the four young ladies, and, of course, the goat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message