Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 07:31:01 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming Message-ID: <20050607143101.GA11758@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <17061.36529.813669.724203@roam.psg.com> References: <20050607034620.GA32718@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <17061.12218.324940.491539@roam.psg.com> <20050607054745.GA10355@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <17061.36529.813669.724203@roam.psg.com>
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--vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 05:10:25AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > >> for those of us who use a lot of the kinkier hacks of isc dhclient > >> (and dhcpd) [0], i presume we will still be able to install this=20 > >> week's isc snapshots and keep runing, yes? > >>=20 > >> [0] - dynamic dns update, wifi ssid search list, ... > >=20 > > It depends. This is a fork of the isc client so some of that will still > > be supported, for example dhclient.conf is still supported. Other stuff > > many require the use of the isc one which will be tricky because they > > have vastly differnet modes of operation and thus the startup scripts > > scripts are different. > >=20 > > I intend to treat this as code we can modify so if we need features, > > they can be added. We've also heard form Ted Lemon recently and he's > > working on simplifying the ISC code so at some point in the future, we > > could switch back if that were warranted. >=20 > ummm. maybe i was insufficiently clear. i am happy to keep running > isc snapshot(s). i just wanted to be sure you were not changing the > api on which they sit. The API hasn't changed (the only kernel change added a notification to devd), but the rc.d scripts have changed to the point that I'm not sure the ISC code will work with them. I suspect you would get pretty close if you brought back the old dhclient script, added the nostart keyword, and commented out the new devd entry. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCpa+kXY6L6fI4GtQRAvK6AKC7p577iR0duqzNV9R3jNLaiJKLgQCfYton npCmUcZRH8sjFxZFnGv7Fa4= =maI9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--
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