Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:30:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/18583: [PATCH] DHCP should be able to override hostname. Message-ID: <200005161930.MAA39345@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/18583; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/18583: [PATCH] DHCP should be able to override hostname. Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 21:28:19 +0200 On Tue, 16 May 2000 09:14:21 MST, Brooks Davis wrote: > If that has been a real option, I would have done it. However, dhclient > communicates with it's script through the environment and rc.conf et al > work by spamming the environment. There is at least one namespace > collision between them. Hmm, not something I thought of, nor something I have a simple solution for. :-) I _do_ think that dhclient-script needs to be taught a way to prevent the spamming of /etc/resolv.conf, but I'm pretty sure that's not going to solve _this_ problem. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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