From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 9 14:33:20 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA17591 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:33:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA17586 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:33:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA00642; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:29:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902092229.OAA00642@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Tony Finch cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Feb 1999 22:29:16 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:29:08 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Mike Smith wrote: > >In a situation like that, you would just tune the dhcp client not to > >ask for a lease on that interface. You know you've done something > >silly; there's a mechanism to stop it breaking things. What more could > >you ask for? > > POLA. Currently, an interface that isn't mentioned isn't configured at > all. Changing that isn't kind. Perhaps having a variable in rc.conf > that lists the interfaces to be configured with DHCP would be better? > (As opposed to the statically configured interfaces.) It depends on who's being astonished. DHCP expects to try to configure all your interfaces; that's what it's there for. On a system where a new and unexpected interface may suddenly arrive, it makes sense to have the dhcp client pick it up. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message