Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-12 Thread John Hasler
kj writes: > Either ways vim.tiny to me is as frustrating as nvi, It's the first > thing I remove after an install and replace with vim.basic No need to remove vim-tiny. Whatever vi clone you have most recently installed will be linked to /usr/bin/vi (you can change the link with the update-alter

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4a82e547.3050...@koffiejunkie.za.net>, kj wrote: >Anyway, my post was not meant to be a debate about vi - just an example >of something I'd like more information on. Smaller, fewer dependencies. Both factors make the basic install faster and make replacing the default take less time for user

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-12 Thread kj
Teemu Likonen wrote: I don't know about your system but Vim has been the default since Debian Etch. Since I don't have it on my system anymore, I couldn't check :) John Hasler corrected me: vim.tiny, not nvi. Either ways vim.tiny to me is as frustrating as nvi, It's the first thing I remove

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-12 Thread Teemu Likonen
On 2009-08-12 13:11 (+0100), kj wrote: > I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It would > be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of > default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) > over vim. I don't know about your system but V

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-12 Thread John Hasler
kj wrote: > I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It > would be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of > default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) > over vim. In Sid vim-tiny is "Priority: important" which I assume is what

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-12 Thread Tim Tebbit
kj wrote: I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It would be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) over vim. --kj Agree.. the vi-vim gizzy would go on forever however.. lol

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-12 Thread kj
I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It would be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) over vim. --kj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oli D wrote: > In short, I'm wondering why dhclient is still the default considering this > bug/caveat and possibly if it possible to use dhcpcd as the default DHCP > client > on a Debian [Lenny] machine? Just install dhcpcd (an

Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

2009-08-06 Thread Oli D
Hi, As the title says, is there any reason why Debian uses dhclient as its default DHCP client rather than dhcpcd? Are there any issue with dhcpcd I'm unaware of? I'd really like to know, because as of now I'm having troubles with dhclient as it refuses to register its hostname to

Re: Default DHCP client

2001-11-25 Thread Petro
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 01:50:56AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 02:14:11PM -0500, Mike Kuhar > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > What is Debian's default DHCP client, pump, dhcp-client or dhcpcd? > AFAIK, pump. Though you can install others via apt

RE: Default DHCP client

2001-11-25 Thread Mike Kuhar
, November 25, 2001 4:51 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Default DHCP client on Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 02:14:11PM -0500, Mike Kuhar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > What is Debian's default DHCP client, pump, dhcp-client or dhcpcd? AFAIK, pump. Though you can install others

Re: Default DHCP client

2001-11-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 02:14:11PM -0500, Mike Kuhar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > What is Debian's default DHCP client, pump, dhcp-client or dhcpcd? AFAIK, pump. Though you can install others via apt as you wish, or from other sources if you really want. To search for DCHP relat

Default DHCP client

2001-11-24 Thread Mike Kuhar
What is Debian's default DHCP client, pump, dhcp-client or dhcpcd? Thank you. -mk

Re: Default DHCP client for Debian

2001-10-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 10:56:28PM +1000, Andrew Nesbit wrote: > What is the default DHCP client with Debian? Is it dhclient or dhcpcd? It was pump in potato, but will be dhcp-client in woody. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Default DHCP client for Debian

2001-10-05 Thread Andrew Nesbit
What is the default DHCP client with Debian? Is it dhclient or dhcpcd? TIA -Andrew