Re: Bug#154142: etherconf only depends on dhcp-client
On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:06:34AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:01:26AM -0400, Simon Law wrote:
> > Package: etherconf
> > Version: 1.12
> > Severity: Normal
> >
> > etherconf depends on only dhcp-client, which conflicts with
> > dhcp3-client. This is sad, because only dhcp3-client will work on my
> > system. I suggest the following:
> >
> > Depends: debconf, ifupdown (>= 0.6.4), dhcp-client | dhcp3-client, libconfhelper-perl
> >
> > Is this acceptable, or is there some deep down dependency on
> > dhcp-client 2.x?
>
> IMO "dhcp-client" should be a virtual package Provided by dhcp3-client,
> udhcpc, and pump.
I also concur. Does that mean that dhcp-client becomes
dhcp2-client? Does this not have far reaching effects?
Perhaps Progeny can kludge the etherconf package while I talk to
DHCP maintainers? Is this an acceptable compromise?
Simon
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