On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:39:02 -0500 Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I noticed that while the cdrom install pulls in dhcp-client-udeb and > uses it for dhcp, the floppy net install does not have a dhcp client > listed, so it falls back to using udhcp, from busybox-cvs-udeb. > > This does not seem like a good idea, it puts us in the position of > supporting more than one dhcp client. I have plenty of space on the > floppy for dhcp-client-udeb, and this would also let udhcp be turned > off in busybox-cvs-udeb, possibly saving some space. > > The situation is even more confused for the netboot image, which uses: > - dhcp-client-udeb (hppa, ia64, mipsel) > - pump (all other arches) > > So we're suppporting *3* dhcp clients on i386 alone! I think in the long term udhcpc is the best for our purposes and we should be moving away from other clients. dhcp-client has been around for a long time, its tried and tested, but i wouldnt expect udhcpc to cause problems either. Glenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
