Bug 21904

Summary:	/etc/conf.d/net should default to dhcp at first install
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Scott Taylor (RETIRED) <swtaylor>
Component:	[OLD] baselayout	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal
Version:	1.4_rc4
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Scott Taylor (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-29 11:47:46 UTC

Its good to have example ip configurations (commented out) in the
/etc/conf.d/net file, but just as many of us can skip over that whole chunk of
network configuration during install, it would be great if the inital "net" file
were just as well behaved.

Comment 1 Michael Cook 2003-12-22 16:52:43 UTC

I agree. I think that DHCP is more common (thanks to cable modems, DSL, and little home routers), and those who need static IPs can change it. I've been "bitten" by this a few times when doing etc-update. Seems like a more sensible default to me.

Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-26 14:30:41 UTC

I agree as well - azarah handles baselayout (which is what owns /etc/conf.d/net), so I am forwarding it to him

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-10-02 22:46:53 UTC

we're moving to installing a blank net file since the example config is getting to be quite vast (and thus be a huge pita to merge changes)