OpenBSD dhclient

Matthias Schmidt matthias at dragonflybsd.org
Mon Mar 17 04:46:35 PDT 2008


* Hasso Tepper wrote:
> 
> I don't think that it's necessary. At least basic functionality is already 
> tested by several people including me and it's not something new - the 
> code is in use for several years in both OpenBSD and FreeBSD. The work to 
> modify /etc to work with several DHCP clients isn't just worth of it.

I agree with Hasso here.  The client runs flawlessly.  If we encounter
some bugs during testing we can fix them on-the-fly.  If we keep both
clients in parallel most people will use the old one (maybe without even
knowing) and we do not get wider testing.

Regards

	Matthias





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