(I didn't see this until now because I'm not subscribed to debian-boot; please respect my mail-followup-to)
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 11:57:28AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > ipconfig in klibc has worked well for me so far; I believe it's based on the > > old ip autoconfig code in the kernel, which was in broad use in 2.4. Unlike > > the ISC implementation, it's designed for applications like initramfs, so > > small size and simplicity are design goals. Overall, I think it would meet > > d-i's needs very nicely, and allow us to retire dhcp v2. > > > > 12K /usr/lib/klibc/bin/ipconfig > > 20K /usr/lib/klibc/lib/klibc-LIjBcAfSWEXmu4nLVDT8vlvEVo0.so > > > > Compare with: > > > > 112K dhcp/sbin/dhclient > > 416K dhcp3/sbin/dhclient > > > > It basically configures the interface, and writes out any other data > > communicated by the DHCP server to a sh-syntax file (which can be read or > > ignored). > > Well it looks like it's being packaged (#312563). Jeff Bailey has already packaged it; CCing him and the ITP submitter so that they can coordinate getting the packages into Debian. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
