Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:50:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/12984: No dhclient support in /etc/rc* Message-ID: <199908051750.KAA97392@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/12984; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: card@csi.uvsq.fr Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/12984: No dhclient support in /etc/rc* Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:46:46 -0700 (PDT) On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Remy Card wrote: > 3.2-RELEASE contains dhclient but the startup scripts (/etc/rc*) do > not include any support for it. Thus, it is not possible to use DHCP to > set the IP address without modifying these scripts. > Apply the following patch that adds dhclient support in /etc/rc.network > and /etc/defaults/rc.conf. This patch includes the changes made in the > current version of /etc/rc*. While I agree that we need better support for dhcp in the rc* scripts, I do not believe that your patch is the correct approach. There are many things you can do with dhcp other than just ifconfig'ing an interface, so the support needs to be more thorough than that. For one approach on using the start_if* approach see http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/dhcp.html. I'm working on a more complete approach for dhcp support, if you'd be willing to test what I come up with send me a private e-mail and we can work something out. Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. -- Will Rogers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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