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--- Begin Message ---Package: isc-dhcp-client Version: 4.3.3-5 Severity: important Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, (tagged as 'upstream' because I find it unlikely that the issue is Debian-specific; I'm not 100% certain, though.) I have a Chromebook (specifically, an Acer C720) that I have loaded with Stretch. The RTC is powered by the main system battery, rather than a dedicated coin cell. As a result, if the battery dies, the RTC data will become corrupt and read a quasi-random time at the next boot. Due to the nature of Chromebooks, I expect this occurs with the expectation that the issue will self-correct as soon as the user goes online and NTP syncs. However, with Stretch installed, we have a bootstrapping problem: If the system clock is too far in the future (I suspect a 2038 bug), dhclient errors while acquiring the lease, preventing it from going online, thus preventing an NTP sync to fix the clock. I have reproduced this problem three times. The first two involved a dead battery. The third was a repro with the latest version (4.3.3-5) using sudo date -s 'Sat Jun 4 10:38:14 EDT 2135' then telling NetworkManager to disconnect and reconnect to my wireless network. Here is an excerpt of the relevant details from the last: stevie@ikaros:~$ date Sat Jun 4 10:38:14 EDT 2135 stevie@ikaros:~$ less /var/log/daemon.log Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: DHCPDISCOVER on wlp1s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: Unable to set up timer: out of range Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: bugs on either our web page at www.isc.org or in the README file Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: before submitting a bug. These pages explain the proper Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: process and the information we find helpful for debugging.. Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: Jun 4 10:38:27 ikaros dhclient[2113]: exiting. As soon as I did sudo date -s '2015-10-14' then my network connection came right up and I was able to submit this bug report. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages isc-dhcp-client depends on: ii debianutils 4.5.1 ii iproute2 4.1.1-1 ii libc6 2.19-22 ii libdns-export100 1:9.9.5.dfsg-12 ii libisc-export95 1:9.9.5.dfsg-12 Versions of packages isc-dhcp-client recommends: ii isc-dhcp-common 4.3.3-3 Versions of packages isc-dhcp-client suggests: ii avahi-autoipd 0.6.31-5 pn isc-dhcp-client-ddns <none> pn resolvconf <none> -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 4.4.3-P1-8+rm Dear submitter, as the package isc-dhcp has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1143544 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/. Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the earliest. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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