Bug 81712 – not said to emerge dhcpcd if i use a connection with ip assigned by dhcp

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Paolo Reggio 2005-02-12 03:15:00 UTC]

if you have a connection with ip assigned by dhcp you have to emerge dhcpcd but in the handbook seems to be sufficient adding the line:

iface_eth0="dhcp"

in /etc/conf.d/net
but it false, i've tried it on many different computers (about 7) with 2004.1-2-3 gentoo version and every time there's the same problem

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. i follow the gentoo handbook installing instructions (stage1) 
2. i reboot without livecd



Actual Results:  
the network doesn't work

Expected Results:  
the net works

i have two solutions:

1) add a few lines in the gentoo handbook like:

if you have a dhcp connection run:

emerge dhcpcd

2) add dhcpcd in the system group so when a user do:

emerge system

dhcpcd will be installed

[Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) 2005-02-12 04:49:10 UTC]

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=9#doc_chap5 is explicit enough IMHO