From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Galeon/1.3.14 Description of problem: When trying to configure a Linux server to act as Solaris JumpStart server, I needed to read documentation for setting vendor options in DHCP server. the dhcpd.conf manual page referred me to dhcp-options, however this manual page is not included in the package. the dhcp-options manual page should be included, just like the other man pages. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.0.1rc12-4 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. man dhcpd.conf 2. man page refers one to dhcp-options man page for docs on vendor-options 3. man dhcp-options Actual Results: # man dhcp-options No manual entry for dhcp-options Expected Results: I should have gotten the dhcp-options manual page. Additional info:
That man page is in the dhcpc package. We had a problem where both packages had to have the same file so we decided to put it in the client. Dan
This *is* a bug. 1. dhcpc is not the standard RH/FC dhcp client (pump is and long has been). So you're quite unlikely to have this man page installed anywhere on a network of standardish RH/FC machines. Ergo, the man page should be in the dhcpd package. 2. The man page is, mostly, of use when configuring the server. It is quite probable that a dhcpd server will not have the client installed (it doesnt need it). Ergo, the man page should be in the dhcpd package. Especially given that dhcpcd is not part of a standard install, this man page really should be in the server package. Alternatively, split the man page and other common docs in a standalone RPM.
The `dhcp-options' manpage is included in the 'dhclient' package, which is the only DHCP client supported for Red Hat Linux. Install dhclient-3.0.1+ and you can do a 'man dhcp-options'. I'll make sure for future versions that if you install one package without the other, the dhcp-options manpage still gets installed.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-566.html