commit: 2a958cd56b36062790ea2105d9f845383193e106 Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Oct 21 21:13:43 2021 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sun Oct 24 21:35:38 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=2a958cd5
2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client: add news item Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo.org> .../2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt b/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d97a454 --- /dev/null +++ b/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Title: netifrc DHCP client +Author: Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2021-10-24 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: net-misc/netifrc +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/* + +The sys-apps/busybox package was recently removed from the system set. +Users of net-misc/netifrc may have unknowingly relied upon this package +to provide a DHCP client. + +If you are using netifrc and use DHCP for network connectivity, please +ensure you have a supported DHCP client installed/selected in the +Portage world file. + +Supported clients include: + +dhcpcd provided by net-misc/dhcpcd +dhclient provided by net-misc/dhcp +udhcpc provided by sys-apps/busybox
