* Matthew R. Dempsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-09 22:37]:
> On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 09:22:05PM +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> > Sure, just 'dhclient ${if}'. When 'something' (even another dhclient
> > process) touches the networking config of a dhclient-configured
> > interface, dhclient will exit (as not to change the new config later).
>
> Not true. I started five instances of ``dhclient trunk0'' on my laptop
> two seconds apart, and all five are still running:
two seconds is too close. due to the weird dhclient architecture
(dhclient-script has to die for interface IP configuration!) we have to
work with time windows. it is 5 seconds afair.
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