Bug#121896: O: pump -- pump is broken and should be removed from woody
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:40:27PM -0800, Adam McKenna wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 06:26:00PM -0500, Steve Dunham wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > I'm orphaning pump.. It has issues on machines with two interfaces and
> > machines with Full NAT enabled. On top of that, there is crap like
> >
> > while(1);
> >
> > in the source code. IMHO, it's not worth fixing, dhcp-client works
> > fine. (It looks like the only safe way to send out the right packets
> > is to build them manually from the IP layer up, and pump doesn't do
> > that.)
> >
> > I'd like to recommend that pump be removed from woody, and dhcp-client
> > "Replaces" pump, if there is no objection.
> Does dhcp-client work correctly for DHCP interfaces defined in
> /etc/network/interfaces?
Yes, ifup tries "pump", "dhclient" and "dhcpcd" (not necessarily in
that order) when the interfaces file specifies dhcp.
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