Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd
Lloyd Parkes <[email protected]>
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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