tags 394429 + minor thanks On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 10:40:15AM +0200, Hadmut Danisch wrote: > Package: dhcp3-server > Version: 3.0.4-10 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > sometimes it is required to start the dhcp3 server not at boot time, but > only if a particular network device is brought up (e.g. plugging in USB > network devices). > > For such cases /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server should not start any daemons, > and thus the INTERFACES list in /etc/default/dhcp3-server remains > empty. However, the script still tries to start the daemon with an > empty list and produces an ugly error message. > > If no INTERFACES are given to be served at boot time, the script > should silently do nothing.
Gee, that's a bit of an edge-case. One would normally expect a server to have fairly persistent network devices. I will look at addressing this after I've successfully got 3.0.4-10 into Etch. I don't want to make another upload until then. regards Andrew
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