On Aug 20, 2006, at 12:05 AM, Steve Langasek wrote:
The proposed RFC allows the dhcp administrator to tailor the response based on the MAC address of the client. Most won't, but it should be possible if you want to.I think you're missing the point that the maintainer of the newly- installed Debian system may *disagree* with the TZ information provided by the dhcpadmin.
No, that's exactly what I meant. The dhcp administrator may not care, or may have wrong-headed ideas about this (or any) bit of data. The client must be able to tailor for her own particular needs.
Rick