On Monday 26 May 2008 22:37:33 Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 07:19:49AM -0600, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > > > > > Why dhclient over dhcpcd? I don't really care much, but my argument is > > > > > Not real reason why I mentioned one over the other. dhclient is easier > > to type than dhcpcd but that's a pretty weak argument. :) > > > > Would there be a technical reason that anybody knows of why we'd want to > > pick one over the other? > > I prefer dhclient because of its hooks. Not that I make a lot of > use of them (I just copy a skeletal /etc/hosts on my desktop / > laptop and then add $new_ip_address in the exit hook, so that I can > easily see my current address if I need to).
As dhclient as dhcpcd has similar hooks: "cat /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth0.info", /etc/dhcpcd.sh vs /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks; both has similar problem: I can't turn off setting of default routing (and both declare, that I can do it ;)). dhclient (>= 4.0.0) has support of IPv6, but dhcpcd simpler and lighter (if you need only DHCP client). [on just builded system I shifted from dhclient to dhcpcd: edit dhclient-script in /sbin not good idea, IMO]. dhclient really come from BSD, and it portable, while dhcpcd is Linux-specific (and faster on Linuxes). -- - ptr -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
