RE: pump replacing dhcpcd?
On 13-Sep-2000 Bryan K. Walton wrote:
> When I go to the debian web site and look up info on the pump package, one of
> the things that the page tells me is:
>
> "This is the DHCP/BOOTP client written by RedHat. This replaces the dhcpcd
> package."
>
> I take this to mean that the dhcpcd client is no longer be worked on? The
> reason I ask is that I use to use dhcpcd and like it very much. I am
> currently using pump, but for some reason, pump seems to keep removing my
> localhost address from my /etc/resolve.conf file. No big deal, but I would
> like it o quit removing it. I might just revert to the dhcpcd package, any
> thoughts?
> But I don't want to hold on to a package that may be growing quickly out of
> date.
>
dhcpcd is *NOT* going away. pump is simply the default dhcp client used in
Debian. The new install can use it. Feel free to purge it and install dhcpcd
or another dhcp client.
Just because debian chooses a default does not mean the others won't be there.
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