Public bug reported: After upgrading from maverick to natty, I purged all dhcp3 packages since they were replaced with version 4 packages:
% aptitude search '?source-package(isc-dhcp)' p dhcp3-client - ISC DHCP server (transitional package) p dhcp3-common - ISC DHCP common files (transitional package) p dhcp3-dev - ISC DHCP development files (transitional package) p dhcp3-relay - ISC DHCP relay (transitional package) p dhcp3-server - ISC DHCP server (transitional package) i A isc-dhcp-client - ISC DHCP client p isc-dhcp-client-dbg - ISC DHCP client (debugging symbols) i A isc-dhcp-common - common files used by all the isc-dhcp* packages p isc-dhcp-dev - API for accessing and modifying the DHCP server and client state p isc-dhcp-relay - ISC DHCP relay daemon p isc-dhcp-relay-dbg - DHCP relay daemon (debugging symbols) i isc-dhcp-server - ISC DHCP server for automatic IP address assignment p isc-dhcp-server-dbg - ISC DHCP server for automatic IP address assignment (debug) p isc-dhcp-server-ldap - DHCP server able to use LDAP as backend However, /sbin/dhclient3 still remains, owned by the isc-dhcp-client package: % dpkg-query --search /sbin/dhclient3 isc-dhcp-client: /sbin/dhclient3 % file /sbin/dhclient3 /sbin/dhclient3: symbolic link to `dhclient' I think it is wrong that isc-dhcp-client version four is providing a dhclient3 file. It is a problem because ifupdown first checks for dhclient3 and runs that, using a lease directory option of /var/lib/dhcp3. This is a problem if you remove dhcp3 directories. Also, the Debian isc-dhcp-client package does not contain the /sbin/dhclient3 symlink. This bug may be relevant: http://bugs.debian.org/588203 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: isc-dhcp-client 4.1.1-P1-15ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 21 01:52:00 2011 DhclientLeases: ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=862f0e74-6fe8-40a8-aef1-ed3aaaab5154 ro ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/sh ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 SourcePackage: isc-dhcp UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-16 (5 days ago) ** Affects: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768171 Title: /sbin/dhclient3 remains after all dhcp3 packages purged -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
