> Mike Smith <m...@smith.net.au> wrote: > >In a situation like that, you would just tune the dhcp client not to > >ask for a lease on that interface. You know you've done something > >silly; there's a mechanism to stop it breaking things. What more could > >you ask for? > > POLA. Currently, an interface that isn't mentioned isn't configured at > all. Changing that isn't kind. Perhaps having a variable in rc.conf > that lists the interfaces to be configured with DHCP would be better? > (As opposed to the statically configured interfaces.)
It depends on who's being astonished. DHCP expects to try to configure all your interfaces; that's what it's there for. On a system where a new and unexpected interface may suddenly arrive, it makes sense to have the dhcp client pick it up. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
