cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers chapter.sgml

Niclas Zeising lothrandil at n00b.apagnu.se
Wed Jul 13 11:28:30 GMT 2005


Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 07:21:01AM +0000, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> 
>>blackend    2005-07-13 07:21:01 UTC
>>
>>  FreeBSD doc repository
>>
>>  Modified files:
>>    en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers chapter.sgml 
>>  Log:
>>  Mention a bit OpenBSD dhclient for 6.0
> 
> 
> Thanks for working on this, Marc.
> 
> I have a question:
> 
> 
>>| @@ -2545,15 +2545,19 @@ nis_client_flags="-S <replaceable>NIS do
>>|        <para>DHCP, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, describes
>>|          the means by which a system can connect to a network and obtain the
>>|          necessary information for communication upon that network.  FreeBSD
>>| -        uses the ISC (Internet Software Consortium) DHCP implementation, so
>>| -        all implementation-specific information here is for use with the ISC
>>| -        distribution.</para>
>>| +	versions prior to 6.0 use the ISC (Internet Software
>>| +	Consortium) DHCP client (&man.dhclient.8;) implementation.
>>| +	Later versions use the OpenBSD <command>dhclient</command>
>>| +	taken from OpenBSD&nbsp;3.7.  All implementation-specific
> 
>                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>>| +	information here regarding <command>dhclient</command> is for
> 
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>>| +	use with both the ISC and the OpenBSD DHCP client. The DHCP
> 
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>>| +	server is the one included in the ISC distribution.</para>
> 
> 
> Isn't this implementation non-specific by definition?
> 
> Ceri

Maybe it is. Overlooked that when I made the original patch.
A suggestion is to say it something like: "All specific information here 
regarding dhclient is for use with either of the ISC DHCP client or the 
OpenBSD DHCP client."
I can provide a patch if necessary.
Regards!
//Niclas


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