Re: install/51214: Sysinst should add dhcpcd to rc.conf with -b flag.

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/51214; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
	netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/51214: Sysinst should add dhcpcd to rc.conf with -b flag.
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 22:32:35 +0200

 On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 08:20:00PM +0000, coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
 > dhcpcd in this form will block boot, wasting time for no reason.
 
 I find this assertion to be quite strong and not necessarily correct.
 For a server, one of the first non-trivial things after boot is often
 ntpdate. It's about the only time when it can be done safely. Defaulting
 to backgrounding the network would effectively break that.
 
 Joerg