Your message dated Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:31:09 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#1143544: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #868240, regarding isc-dhcp-server refuses to start if pidfile is present even when dhcpd is not running to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: isc-dhcp-server Version: 4.3.5-3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, The isc-dhcp-server service refuses to start ("systemctl start isc-dhcp-server") if the pidfile (/run/dhcpd.pid) is present, even if dhcpd is not running. Reproducing this is easy given working dhcpd configuration: $ systemctl start isc-dhcp-server $ cat /run/dhcpd.pid|xargs kill $ systemctl start isc-dhcp-server Now dhcpd will not be running: $ ps aux|grep dhcpd This is problematic if the service has crashed abnormally, as external monitoring systems like monit won't be able to restart the service easily. The problem is on lines 102-105 in /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server: if [ -e "$PIDFILE" ]; then log_failure_msg "dhcpd service already running (pid file $PIDFILE currenty exists)" exit 1 fi Interestingly the status target can already handle the "pidfile is present but dhcpd is not running" case, see line 83: test "$OPTION" != -v || echo "$NAME is not running but $PIDFILE exists." Removing the pidfile manually before starting the service solves the problem. I would expect the init script to start dhcpd if it is not running, even if pidfile is present. -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages isc-dhcp-server depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.61 ii debianutils 4.8.1.1 ii libc6 2.24-11 ii libdns-export162 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3 ii libirs-export141 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3 ii libisc-export160 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3 ii lsb-base 9.20161125 Versions of packages isc-dhcp-server recommends: ii isc-dhcp-common 4.3.5-3 ii policycoreutils 2.6-3 Versions of packages isc-dhcp-server suggests: pn isc-dhcp-server-ldap <none> ii policykit-1 0.105-18 -- Configuration Files: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf changed [not included] -- debconf information excluded
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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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