Hmm...I'll look into this.

I just checked in patches which at least fix the case where you answer
the question before and *had* DHCP only to not have it configure it for you.

I haven't done an install without dhcp in so long otherwise, but that's what
test machines are for.

James

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>from src/distrib/utils/sysinst/net.c:
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>        /* If not running in target, copy resolv.conf there. */
>        if ((net_dhcpconf & DHCPCONF_NAMESVR) == 0) {
>                if (strcmp(net_namesvr, "") != 0)
>                        dup_file_into_target("/etc/resolv.conf");
>        }
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>it seems net_dhcpconf is only set when the config is actually read in from
>DHCP, not when enterred manually. As a result, if someone sets up a system
>that's not configured via DHCP but manually, answering the question
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>  ``Is the network information you entered accurate for this machine
>  in regular operation and do you want it installed in /etc?''
>
>results in no effect as a result.
>
>
> - Hubert
>
>-- 
>Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
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