Description:

DHCP client is the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) DHCP client for various
UNIX operating systems. It allows a UNIX mac hine to obtain it's networking
parameters from a DHCP server.

You should install dhcp-client if you want to use the ISC DHCP client instead
of the Red Hat DHCP client, pump, or dhcpcd, or dhcpxd. You will also need to
install the base dhcp package.

To use this client with Mandrake instead of dhcpcd, pump, or dhcpxd you may
simply edit /sbin/ifup:
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< if [ -x /sbin/dhcpcd ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/dhcpcd
< elif [ -x /sbin/pump ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/pump
< elif [ -x /sbin/dhcpxd ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/dhcpxd
< elif [ -x /sbin/dhclient ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/dhclient
< else
---
< if [ -x /sbin/dhclient ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/dhclient
< elif [ -x /sbin/dhcpcd ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/dhcpcd
< elif [ -x /sbin/pump ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/pump
< elif [ -x /sbin/dhcpxd ];then
< DHCP_CLIENT=/sbin/dhcpxd
< else