Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd

Lloyd Parkes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.network
Message-ID <aae9dff376e87cb6614b2734d3b5cfca66dc75ff.camel@must-have-coffee.gen.nz>
On Tue, 2025-02-04 at 22:57 +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> A DHCP _server_ (or relay) isn't necessary for the kind of system
> integration that justifies the maintenance burden of having it in the
> base system -- unlike say, a DHCP _client_, which is needed to get
> connected to the network and download packages in the first place.

I must admit that I was thinking the same thing while musing on the bus
home just now. 

I'm not in a hurry to drop ISC DHCP, but I won't cry when it's gone and
I have to install something from pkgsrc. Having some warning beforehand
would be nice, but that's all really.

Ngā mihi,
Lloyd
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