On 12/05/2013 08:13 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 07:45:22AM +0800, Patrick Lauer wrote: >> On 12/05/2013 05:30 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>>> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: >>>>> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in >>>>> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style >>>> >>>> What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in >>>> stage 3? >>>> >>> >>> That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other >>> basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also >>> select a network config framework seems logical. >>> >>> Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand >>> is impractical? >>> >> Well ... >> >> I remember filing a bug quite a while ago because we didn't have a dhcp >> client included anymore. This made installs quite annoying because >> before it was stage3, kernel, bootloader, go! >> >> And now it was go ... stop ... reboot ... install dhcp client ... >> grremblwrrxrmkrxtlmrrrg .... reboot > > Are you sure this was caused by an issue in the stages? The description > you are giving sounds like an issue with the LiveCD. > > William > Yes ... change must have been ~2006
Result: No dhcp client in stage3 (thanks Wolf31o2) And it took a long time to be properly fixed
