Hi Santiago, On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 01:30:49AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Tue, 21 May 2002, Eloy A. Paris wrote: > > > The problem (bug #147546) is that the maintainer scripts remove > > /etc/init.d/dhcp-client. This is not the correct way to start > > dhclient, and /etc/network/interfaces should be used instead. New > > installations of Woody are fine, but users upgrading from Potato will > > be affected. > > AFAIK, the default DHCP client in potato was pump, so it could well be > the case that the only potato users who will be affected are those > who removed pump and installed dhcp-client before the upgrade.
Yes, that is correct: only Potato users that are using the dhcp-client package instead of the default pump (if pump is the default, which I believe it is but don't know for sure) are affected. The problem is that users might end up with a machine that can't get an IP address after a reboot, and this can be pretty bad if the machine is being accessed remotely and there is no easy access to the console. A note in the Release Notes would warn the user that he needs to configure the interface as "dhcp" in /etc/network/interfaces before a reboot, or else he/she will be in trouble. Cheers, Eloy.- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
