source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/network/common/dhcpcd.xml@ b517233

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<sect1 id="ch-network-dhcpcd" role="wrap">
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  <title>DHCPCD-&dhcpcd-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-network-dhcpcd">
    <primary sortas="a-DHCPCD">DHCPCD</primary>
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  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The DHCPCD package provides a DHCP Client for network configuration.</para>

  </sect2>

  &env-target;

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of DHCPCD</title>

    <para os="a">If you wish to configure your network to connect to a DHCP
    server, you will first need to install a DHCP client. CLFS uses the
    DHCPCD package for this.</para>

    <para os="b">Prepare DHCPCD for compilation:</para>

<screen os="c"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr BINDIR=/sbin SYSCONFDIR=/etc \
    DBDIR=/var/lib/dhcpcd LIBEXECDIR=/usr/lib/dhcpcd</userinput></screen>

    <para os="d">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="f"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr BINDIR=/sbin SYSCONFDIR=/etc \
    DBDIR=/var/lib/dhcpcd LIBEXECDIR=/usr/lib/dhcpcd \
    DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-dhcpcd" role="content">
    <title>Contents of dhcpcd</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>dhcpcd</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="dhcpcd">
        <term><command>dhcpcd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>dhcpcd is an implementation of the DHCP client specified in
          RFC 2131. It gets the host information from a DHCP server and
          configures the network interface automatically.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-network-dhcpcd">
            <primary sortas="e-dhcpcd">dhcpcd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
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