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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:17:11 +1000
From:      David Nugent <davidn@austel.net>
To:        Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <395B2227.7D46C78A@austel.net>
References:  <20000627045610.A60638@dragon.nuxi.com> <200006271755.KAA01721@john.baldwin.cx> <20000628101529.A63423@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>

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Glenn Johnson wrote:

> > I prefer this option.  Most people don't need a DHCP server.
> 
> Just my 2 cents here but isn't FreeBSD suppose to be a server OS? So
> shouldn't a server OS have a DHCP server in the base system?

I agree. dhcpd would be in the same category as other system daemons
which only a relatively few systems run, but nevertheless require;
named, most of the ipx/nw, mrouted, amd, bootpd etc etc. I dare say
its use would probably be more common that a subset of those.

If client DHCP functionality is the tree, then so should the server.
I'd be equally as happy if both were removed, but then we hit the
reason why I assume the client was imported in the first place -
as a helper to bootstrap networking during installation.

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