From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 11 16: 7:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from pianosa.catch22.org (pianosa.catch22.org [64.81.48.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5742137B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:07:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dbt@meat.net) Received: by pianosa.catch22.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 02BD117F9; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:07:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:07:08 -0700 From: David Terrell To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <20010711160708.I1282@pianosa.catch22.org> Reply-To: David Terrell References: <200107100332.UAA13663@usr01.primenet.com> <3B4B0856.A67F02FD@iowna.com> <3B4B3866.FBFF9A65@mindspring.com> <3B4B420C.1947DABE@iowna.com> <3B4C084E.2A14655A@softweyr.com> <3B4C43A2.85516A24@iowna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <3B4C43A2.85516A24@iowna.com>; from wmoran@iowna.com on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:16:34AM -0400 X-Nethack: You feel like someone is making a pointless Nethack reference.--More-- X-Uptime: 4:05PM up 2 days, 22:04, 40 users, load averages: 0.26, 0.38, 0.34 X-Baby: Theodore Marvin Wolpinsky Terrell born 134 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes, 45 seconds ago Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:16:34AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Are you saying you use DHCP for servers? If so, maybe I should shut > up and listen for a while because apparently there's something here > I can learn. I've been using it for client IP pools for years now, > but not for servers. When you're installing a large cluster of servers (dumb webserver frontends, anybody?) it can be very useful. Which has nothing to do with whether or not an installer should silently dhcp behind the user's back. It should not. -- David Terrell | If a crypto algorithm is cracked in a forest Nebcorp Prime Minister | and a tree falls on a mime, does microsoft dbt@meat.net | need to publish an advisory on it? http://wwn.nebcorp.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message