On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 05:10:25AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > >> for those of us who use a lot of the kinkier hacks of isc dhclient > >> (and dhcpd) [0], i presume we will still be able to install this > >> week's isc snapshots and keep runing, yes? > >> > >> [0] - dynamic dns update, wifi ssid search list, ... > > > > It depends. This is a fork of the isc client so some of that will still > > be supported, for example dhclient.conf is still supported. Other stuff > > many require the use of the isc one which will be tricky because they > > have vastly differnet modes of operation and thus the startup scripts > > scripts are different. > > > > I intend to treat this as code we can modify so if we need features, > > they can be added. We've also heard form Ted Lemon recently and he's > > working on simplifying the ISC code so at some point in the future, we > > could switch back if that were warranted. > > ummm. maybe i was insufficiently clear. i am happy to keep running > isc snapshot(s). i just wanted to be sure you were not changing the > api on which they sit. The API hasn't changed (the only kernel change added a notification to devd), but the rc.d scripts have changed to the point that I'm not sure the ISC code will work with them. I suspect you would get pretty close if you brought back the old dhclient script, added the nostart keyword, and commented out the new devd entry. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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