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FS#9974 - dhclient needs a default config file for proper operation

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by James Rayner (iphitus) - Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:35 GMT
Last edited by James Rayner (iphitus) - Saturday, 05 April 2008, 11:17 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
James Rayner (iphitus)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Without a default config file, dhclient does the bare minimum, and won't even write DNS information. This has been observed by a couple of users on the forums.

the default /etc/dhclient.conf from debian is:

request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name,
netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu;

Fixes all problems I have, might fix some errant networkmanager bugs *shrug*.

dhclient is also out of date. If you'd like I'll update it and add this fix, otherwise I can just add the fix. Wanted to check it first.

James
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Closed by  James Rayner (iphitus)
Saturday, 05 April 2008, 11:17 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  brain0 fixed this with his recent patches to dhclient
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:52 GMT
Go ahead and fix it. As long as it keeps working with networkmanager it's fine to me.

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