FS#2617 - dhcpd overwrites dhcpd.leases on upgrade

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dale Blount (dale) - Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 19:48 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

package dhcp provides an empty dhcpd.leases file and this file overwrites any on the system when the package is upgraded.

good way to loose 2500 leases, oops! :)
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 19:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 18:54 GMT
I was thinking about this again today, this should probably be handled like wtmp etc in filesystem instead of adding to backup=()

good news is that even if it's blanked out, the server can recover for the most part without too much interaction.

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