Re: Proposal: NetworkManager for GNOME 2.18.



On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 09:05 -0500, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
> NetworkManager requires a patched version of dhcp 

Drifting towards off-topic, but can you (or someone) explain (or point
us to a discussion elsewhere) what's needed here? Are you talking about
the DHCP client in ISC's releases, or a problem in the DHCP server that
they ship?

I twigged on this because there are a zillion and one DHCP servers out
there, especially embedded into home router type devices, and lord knows
*they* are never going to get patched. So if the problem is server side
or protocol side, then ouch. On the other hand, if it's a problem in
ISC's dhcpcd, then what happens to NetworkManager when a different
client library|program is present? If that Just Works, then why not
include the whole thing in GNOME and be done with it?

AfC
Sydney

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