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Bug 75102 - Misfeature: Network interfaces defaults to DHCP
Summary: Misfeature: Network interfaces defaults to DHCP
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] baselayout (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2004-12-20 14:09 UTC by Jonas Bofjäll
Modified: 2005-01-05 15:19 UTC (History)
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Description Jonas Bofjäll 2004-12-20 14:09:31 UTC 
From net.eth0:
# Provide a default of DHCP if no configuration is set

This is second-guessing the user, violating the principle of least surprise. If I don't configure the interface, I presumably don't want it to be up! 

This is also inconsistent. The default behaviour should be the same for all interfaces, regardless of type.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2004-12-20 22:26:45 UTC 
if you dont configure it, why are you trying to run the init script ?

if you're not running the init script, why should you care ?
Comment 2 Jesse Michael 2005-01-05 15:08:16 UTC 
hotplug/coldplug run init scripts for any network hardware they detect, from what i've seen.
Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-01-05 15:19:58 UTC 
i'm pretty sure you can control that