[pkg-dhcp-devel] Bug#613242: isc-dhcp: making isc-dhcp-client essential

[Michael Gilbert]

package: isc-dhcp
version: 4.1.1-P1-16
severity: wishlist

hi, i recently mistakenly removed isc-dhcp-client, leaving myself
without a way to automatically obtain an ip address.  once i realized
what i'd done, it was a bit tedious to restore the package, and could
have been insurmountable for an inexperienced user.

i wonder if it wouldn't make sense to set the package as essential so
that apt will tell the user that removing it is indeed a very bad idea.

best wishes,
mike