Re: Which dhcp-version ???

[Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda <lepalom@wol.es>]

A Dimarts 09 Octubre 2007 16:50, Hans-J. Ullrich va escriure:
> Am Dienstag 09 Oktober 2007 schrieb Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda:
> > A Dimarts 09 Octubre 2007 16:23, Hans-J. Ullrich va escriure:
> > > Dear maintainers,
> > >
> > > I wondered , which is the default version of dhclient is been installed
> > > by the debian installation process. I saw several different versions nd
> > > my last fresh installation is a long time ago (yes, Debian is running
> > > and running and running...). :) Well, at a fresh installation I use
> > > tasksel, which does not really show, what happens ( --task-desc does
> > > not work).
> > >
> > > Can you tell me, which is the "state-of-the-art"-version is used in
> > > debian today? dhcpd ? dhcp-client ? dhcp3-client ?
> >
> > apt-get update;
> > .......
> > palomo@ris:~$ apt-cache policy dhcp
> > dhcp:
> >   Installed: (none)
> >   Candidate: 2.0pl5-19.5
> >   Version table:
> >      2.0pl5dfsg1-20 0
> >          -1 ftp://ris.upc.es testing/main Packages
> >          -1 ftp://ris.upc.es sid/main Packages
> >      2.0pl5-19.5 0
> >         900 ftp://ris.upc.es etch/main Packages
> > palomo@ris:~$ apt-cache policy dhcp-client
> > dhcp-client:
> >   Installed: 2.0pl5-19.5
> >   Candidate: 2.0pl5-19.5
> >   Version table:
> >      2.0pl5dfsg1-20 0
> >          -1 ftp://ris.upc.es testing/main Packages
> >          -1 ftp://ris.upc.es sid/main Packages
> >  *** 2.0pl5-19.5 0
> >         900 ftp://ris.upc.es etch/main Packages
> >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > palomo@ris:~$ apt-cache policy dhcp3-client
> > dhcp3-client:
> >   Installed: (none)
> >   Candidate: 3.0.4-13
> >   Version table:
> >      3.0.6.dfsg-1 0
> >          -1 ftp://ris.upc.es sid/main Packages
> >      3.0.6-1 0
> >          -1 ftp://ris.upc.es testing/main Packages
> >      3.0.4-13 0
> >         900 ftp://ris.upc.es etch/main Packages
> >
> >
> > Is this what you wanted?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Leo
>
> Hi Leo !
> This was a fast answer. :)
:-)

> Well, what I really wanted to know, which dhcp-version I should use at
> using 1. debian/testing
> 2. debian/sid

depends of your preferences (sources.list) files. If your configuration point 
to testing it would choose the testing version of the package, also the sid 
version.

>
> (these are both, I use).
>
> Which is the default ? I think, there are different behaviours at the
> versions. At the moment I use dhcp3-client, which seem to be the newest
> one. But is it also good for newbies ??? Are the older ones orphaned in the
> meantime ?

Hans, 

I trust a lot in the maintainers and debian in general. I think that that the 
version of the package is the minor of problems if you are using a 
dhcp-client in a common scenario.
In general, the stable (etch) version is maintained, not orphaned in the 
meantime. Remember the "debian way of life":
- sid ---> testing ---> stable

Regards,

Leo