Bug 29235

Summary:	dhcpcd-1.3.22_p4-r1 creates the now unused /etc/dhcpc directory
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jason Andryuk <the_deuce>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Brandon Low (RETIRED) <lostlogic>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Jason Andryuk 2003-09-20 19:31:01 UTC

The new dhcpcd-1.3.22_p4-r1 ebuild moves the location of the files used by
dhcpcd into /var.  However, the directory /etc/dhcpc is still created.  This
directory should not be created as it causes confusion since it is present but
not used.  Additionally, the directory will not be removed from old ebuilds
since the directory is config-protected, and most likely populated by files from
the old version.

I suggest removing the directory creation from the makefile, and adding a
warning to the end of the ebuild about the change in locations.  'configdir' is
the makefile variable refering to the creation of dhcpc.  Also there should be a
warning at the end of the ebuild about the change in files locations, and
recommend deletion of the old directory.

configdir is defined in Makefile.in at line 159
creation of the dir occurs at line 342
The files in $(config_DATA) are to be copied into /etc/dhcpc, but $config_DATA
is empty.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-10 13:26:21 UTC

Fixed.