Bug#684009: isc-dhcp-client: dhclient must not assume a IPv6 prefix length of 64 when setting an address

2014-07-09 Thread Florent Fourcot
Hello, for information, the new release of isc-dhcp provides an option to change the prefix length: The prefix length passed to the dhclient script can now be modified at compile time by editing the includes/site.h file and #defineing DHCLIENT_DEFAULT_PREFIX_LEN. By default it is set to 64

Bug#684009: isc-dhcp-client: dhclient must not assume a IPv6 prefix length of 64 when setting an address

2014-01-15 Thread Ralf Schlatterbeck
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 02:11:55PM +0100, Florent Fourcot wrote: I did not see anything new in your patches, the patch of Arne Nordmark already includes your changes (and some others, covering more cases). Second, the /128 of ${new_ip6_address}/128 can probably be removed. An address

Bug#684009: isc-dhcp-client: dhclient must not assume a IPv6 prefix length of 64 when setting an address

2014-01-14 Thread Ralf Schlatterbeck
Note that dhclient does not itself configures the interface but instead calls the shellscript /sbin/dhclient-script to do the work. So a quick workaround is to patch that script to use a fixed netmask of /128 (patch attached). The real fix is to hand a fixed /128 netmask to the dhclient-script

Bug#684009: isc-dhcp-client: dhclient must not assume a IPv6 prefix length of 64 when setting an address

2014-01-14 Thread Florent Fourcot
Hello, Note that dhclient does not itself configures the interface but instead calls the shellscript /sbin/dhclient-script to do the work. So a quick workaround is to patch that script to use a fixed netmask of /128 (patch attached). I did not see anything new in your patches, the patch

Bug#684009: isc-dhcp-client: dhclient must not assume a IPv6 prefix length of 64 when setting an address

2012-08-06 Thread Arne Nordmark
Package: isc-dhcp-client Version: 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5 Severity: normal Tags: upstream ipv6 patch dhclient unconditionally assumes an on-link prefix matching the address and with a length of 64 when setting an IPv6 address. Like routing information, on-link prefix information is not part of the