Looks like I jumped the gun on this... This originally came from a relatively new Red Hat bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587070 So, I have mud on may face... the version of dhcp3_client in Lucid is: 3.1.3-2ubuntu3. The version in the Red Hat bug isn't specified, but it appears to be older, as the attached patch doesn't apply cleanly. The code in our version has been heavily re-factored. It appears that there still is a fixed initial delay ( 3 seconds? ), however I need to do some more work to confirm this. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #587070 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587070 -- dhclient waits a random 0-4 seconds before trying to acquire a lease https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578773 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dhcp3 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
