Bug 16237 - Pump workaround for semi-broken DHCP/BOOTP servers
Summary: Pump workaround for semi-broken DHCP/BOOTP servers
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: pump
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Elliot Lee
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: 7516 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-08-15 14:29 UTC by Frank Sweetser
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2001-07-16 13:33:10 UTC
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pump option to ignore bootp responses in favor of dhcp only (2.64 KB, patch)
2000-08-15 14:30 UTC, Frank Sweetser
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Description Frank Sweetser 2000-08-15 14:29:19 UTC
Some networks (such as ours :P ) have semi-broken setups, where both bootp
and dhcp servers are active.  This kind of setup works under Windows, as
Windows will collect all responses from both sets of servers, and use the
union of the answers.  Under pump, though, if the bootp packets (which, due
to bootp limitations, may not have all needed values) happen to get in
first, then dhcp responses will be ignored.  The patch adds the --no-bootp
command line option and a nobootp option in /etc/pump.conf which allows
pump to ignore the bootp responses.  It acts as an effective workaround on
semi-broken setups such as ours.

Comment 1 Frank Sweetser 2000-08-15 14:30:15 UTC
Created attachment 2499 [details]
pump option to ignore bootp responses in favor of dhcp only

Comment 2 Elliot Lee 2001-07-19 21:03:41 UTC
Applying patch even though pump is obsoleted by dhcpcd in rawhide. Thanks.

Apologies for the unresponsiveness of the previous pump packager...

Comment 3 Elliot Lee 2001-07-19 21:54:14 UTC
*** Bug 7516 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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