ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Michael Stone
I've been trying to make sense of the NEWS item in isc-dhcp-client (that alternatives are needed) in combination with the functionality of ifupdown and what the implications are for debian upgrades generally. isc-dhcp-client as of the last upgrade is telling users to stop using it (the default

ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Michael Stone
[apologies to package aliases getting this twice due to autocomplete fail] I've been trying to make sense of the NEWS item in isc-dhcp-client (that alternatives are needed) in combination with the functionality of ifupdown and what the implications are for debian upgrades generally. isc-dhcp

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Daniel Gröber
Hi Michael, On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 11:24:12AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > So what's the path forward, maintaining compatibility and not breaking > systems upgrading from current stable? Do we come up with a dhcpcd5 variant > that *only* touches interfaces it is directed to touch via > /etc/netw

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Santiago Ruano Rincón
El 08/05/22 a las 11:24, Michael Stone escribió: > [apologies to package aliases getting this twice due to autocomplete fail] > > I've been trying to make sense of the NEWS item in isc-dhcp-client (that > alternatives are needed) in combination with the functionality of ifupdown > and what the imp

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Michael Tokarev
08.05.2022 18:24, Michael Stone wrote: [apologies to package aliases getting this twice due to autocomplete fail] I've been trying to make sense of the NEWS item in isc-dhcp-client (that alternatives are needed) in combination with the functionality of ifupdown and what the implications are for

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 11:24:12AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > [apologies to package aliases getting this twice due to autocomplete fail] > I've been trying to make sense of the NEWS item in isc-dhcp-client (that > alternatives are needed) in combination with the functionality of ifupdown > and

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Raymond Burkholder
On 2022-05-08 2:07 p.m., Steve Langasek wrote: On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 11:24:12AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: I've been trying to make sense of the NEWS item in isc-dhcp-client (that alternatives are needed) in combination with the functionality of ifupdown and what the implications are for d

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 08:07, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 11:24:12AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > [apologies to package aliases getting this twice due to autocomplete > fail] > > > I've been trying to make sense of the NEWS item in isc-dhcp-client (that > > alternatives are

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-08 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Sunday, 8 May 2022 21:34:39 CEST Michael Tokarev wrote: > What's up with ISC dhclient? "ISC DHCP Client and Relay End of Maintenance" @ https://www.isc.org/blogs/dhcp-client-relay-eom/ Couple of quotes: "ISC plans to end maintenance of the ISC DHCP client and relay by the end of Q1, 2022."

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-11 Thread Bjørn Mork
Michael Hudson-Doyle writes: > Well busybox's udhcpc would seem a likely candidate here -- but its IPv6 > support (iirc the reason we switch to dhclient from klibc's ipconfig in > Ubuntu's initramfs, at least) is described as incomplete. udhcpc is a very good IPv4 candidate indeed. The ability

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

2022-05-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2022-05-11 at 11:38 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Michael Hudson-Doyle writes: > > > Well busybox's udhcpc would seem a likely candidate here -- but its IPv6 > > support (iirc the reason we switch to dhclient from klibc's ipconfig in > > Ubuntu's initramfs, at least) is described as incomple