Re: [PATCH] removal of libdhcp

[Elliot Peele <elliot rpath com>]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:35:30AM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 18:40 -1000, David Cantrell wrote:
> > This patch removes anaconda's use of libdhcp, which also means  
> > removing libdhcp4client and libdhcp6client.  For static network  
> > configuration, I am using libnl.  To gather current network interface  
> > information, I am using libnl.  To control IPv6 autoconf, I read/ 
> > write /proc since that's all we can do right now.  For DHCP and  
> > DHCPv6, I run dhclient and dhcp6c, respectively.
> > 
> > I'd like everyone to have a look at iface.h and the patch file. It's 
> > not complete yet, so I probably know about the obvious things (the 
> > FIXMEs and the useless debugging printfs and the incomplete isys.py 
> > code and so on). The goal with iface.patch is to get us closer to 
> > using NetworkManager in stage 1 and stage 2. I envision the NM 
> > changeover to be just as large, but hopefully by then we will have 
> > decided to nuke certain parts of loader entirely. Completely 
> > eliminating libdhcp and friends will be a nice step.
> 
> So, I'm going to ask the obvious question which ends up staring us in
> the face at this point.  Why not use NetworkManager like the rest of the
> OS *now* instead of making another wheel for ourselves that in all
> likelihood, will end up having to be maintained for on the order of
> years.

What about distros that don't use NetworkManager? Will there be a fall
back? If we are using NetworkManager with Anaconda will it still able
able to generate "classic" network configuration?

Elliot

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