Geert Stappers wrote:
> > if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 14) = "NetcfgDHClient"
> > {
> > filename "proto://host.tld/path/to/preseed.cfg"; }
> > else { filename "network/boot/image"; }
>
> Having 'if-then-else' in the dhcpd.conf is needed for booting from network.Yes, but there's no reason that people booting from the network are the only ones who might want to use dhcp preseeding. > Again > > The emitted string is "NetcfgDHClient" ( don't "d-i" ) > in current netcfg-udeb. > > With which string go _we_ into production a.k.a. next release It's too late to change anything for beta2. > and with which string go the deveriate distributions into production??? > > How vendor neutral is "d-i" as identification string? The whole point of this is that it's specific to debian and derived distributions, so vendor-neutrality is not useful. > NetcfgDHClient is most of all UNIQUE ! Calling a program "netcfg" is hardly unique to Debian. For example, see the first google hit on netcfg, it's not our netcfg. Neither is the second, or the third ... -- see shy jo
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