Op 09-12-2007 om 22:07 schreef Frans Pop: > On Thursday 06 December 2007, Josef Wolf wrote: > > I am still somewhat confused. Is ppp-udeb meant to completely replace > > netcfg? > > Let's reward your persistence with some information. > > Both ppp-udeb and netcfg have "Provides: configured-network" in their > package info. Some other packages depend on "configured network". This > means that when both ppp-udeb and netcfg are present, the first that > completes successfully will satisfy that dependency and the other no longer > needs to be run. As ppp-udeb is "higher" in the menu than netcfg, this > indeed does effectively mean that ppp-udeb replaces netcfg. > > > Shouldn't it ask for netcfg/get_domain then? > > I'm not sure that it's useful if I look at the way the udeb currently works. > The most important use of the domain name is for the "search" option in > /etc/resolv.conf. For ppp-udeb that file is updated by the /etc/ppp/ip-up > script. Note that it is _updated_, not written from scratch. > I expect that ppp-udeb assumes it is the task of dhcp to correctly update > /etc/resolv.conf and thus that dhcp should provide the correct domain name. > Thus asking for it would be redundant. > > Having D-I set the name could even be incorrect as it could well be that it > would get removed or overwritten when the system is rebooted and ppp/dhcp > are started and create a new /etc/resolv.conf. > A quick look at /sbin/dhclient-script tells me that indeed an old "search" > option is removed, while there is support to keep old nameservers. > > Note also that for normal netcfg, D-I basically works the same way when dhcp > is used: if the domain name is entered manually, it is ignored. See for > example #328646. > > Cheers, > FJP
FYI: The above posting is the type of posting that makes me contributing to the project where it is posted. If the mailinglist had a rating system, then would get the posting several points for me. (nope, I don't say mailinglists should get a rating system, I'm saying that the posting is a good posting. ) Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
