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Date:      Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:07:07 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r239356 - head/sbin/dhclient
Message-ID:  <201208171507.07699.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120817182512.GA58051@vniz.net>
References:  <201208171553.q7HFrhuf090457@svn.freebsd.org> <20120817182512.GA58051@vniz.net>

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On Friday, August 17, 2012 2:25:12 pm Andrey Chernov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 03:53:43PM +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> > Author: jhb
> > Date: Fri Aug 17 15:53:43 2012
> > New Revision: 239356
> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/239356
> > 
> > Log:
> >   Fix dhclient to properly exit and teardown the configured lease when
> >   link is lost.  devd will start a new dhclient instance when link is
> >   restored.
> 
> Is it any chance to teach dhclient IPv6 addresses in very basic parser 
> level, f.e. to replace nameserver it sniffs from router? Currently 
> dhcp-options(5) understands IPv4 addresses only and produce error on 
> 'supersede' IPv6 address.

I think the RFC defines those to be IPv4, yes?  Presumably DHCPv6 adds
new option types that support IPv6 addresses?

-- 
John Baldwin



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