[pkg-dhcp-devel] Bug#563677: Re: Bug#563677: dhcp3-client: dhclient should not override default routing

Serra, Guido, VF-Group guido.serra at vodafone.com
Thu Aug 5 12:11:13 UTC 2010


On 20:59, eclectic 923 wrote:
> Setting up the network, and setting up a network interface are really
> different things. The interface is an IP {address, mask, broadcast}. The
> network is default route and /etc/resolv.conf.
>
> As this bug illustrates, setting both without the ability to separate them
> is a flaw in DHCP. Realizing that this flaw won't be easily corrected, I'd
> like to submit this patch for consideration as a compromise solution. It's
> working well locally, and integrates well with real usage of Debian where
> this problem could occur.
>
> This patch is based off the default DHCP client script in Lenny.
>    

Hi,
I'm trying to apply this patch on the current stable package, without 
success.
Which version did you started from ?

    uml at neo1:~/PATCHING.dhcp3-client$ patch
    ./dhcp3-3.1.1/debian/dhclient-script.linux bug_563677_message_40.patch
    patching file ./dhcp3-3.1.1/debian/dhclient-script.linux
    Hunk #2 succeeded at 209 with fuzz 2.
    patch: **** malformed patch at line 65: @@ -237,11 +271,21 @@

> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> --- dhclient-script.lenny       2010-03-23 19:28:08.000000000 -0400
> +++ dhclient-script     2010-03-23 19:27:25.000000000 -0400
> @@ -67,6 +67,30 @@
>       return $exit_status
>    
-- 
Regards,

Guido Serra
VIS Technology QA
Vodafone Group Services GmbH
Düsseldorf, Germany
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