i386/74406: sysinstall accepts but discards media options for DHCP network setup

[Michael Bax]

>Number:         74406
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       sysinstall accepts but discards media options for DHCP network setup
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 26 11:00:46 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michael Bax
>Release:        5.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD igl-hp1.stanford.edu 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov  5 04:19:18 UTC 2004     root at harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
      /sbin/sysinstall allows the option of using DHCP to configure a network interface.  The following dialog provides a field for additional options such as media or mediaopt.  If DHCP has been chosen, however, these options are silently discarded and are not saved to /etc/rc.conf.
>How-To-Repeat:
      See description.
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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