Re: should FreeBSD-dhclient depend on FreeBSD-resolvconf?

> On Oct 15, 2025, at 8:16 AM, Lexi Winter <ivy@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> Ronald Klop wrote in <324231230.147694.1760527890049@localhost>:
>> Yesterday I installed a 15-BETA1 jail using pkgbase
>> FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail.  I was missing FreeBSD-dhclient which is
>> fine and I installed it. Then it didn't have DNS as FreeBSD-resolvconf
>> was missing.  I understand that theoretically dhclient can operate
>> without resolvconf, but in practice they seem pretty useful together.
>> 
>> Should FreeBSD-dhclient depend on FreeBSD-resolvconf?
> 
> dhclient should depend on resolvconf and i will fix this.
> 
> i am curious how widespread dhclient use in jails is.  should we add
> dhclient to set-minimal-jail?
> 
> NB, "set-minimal-jail" is not intended to be the smallest possible set
> of packages for a jail; it's meant to be "minimal" (the basic base system)
> for jails.  so if dhclient use in jails is widespread, we should probably
> add it to minimal-jail.

So does “minimal” really mean “typical”? 

That’s going to be confusing, TBH (compare, e.g., with the MINIMAL kernel config file).

Thanks,
Matteo