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From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org>
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Subject: RE: Problems with OpenBSD dhclient
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From: Eric Anderson [mailto:anderson@centtech.com]=20
> Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> > No.  Multiple interfaces with addresses in the same subnet (or even=20
> > the same address) is a routing issue.  Dhclient is not the correct=20
> > tool to solve routing issues.
>=20
> Well, it is a routing issue, but it is one that dhclient needs to be=20
> able to gracefully deal with.   It should do *something* obviously, so

> what is it you propose for it to do?

Nothing.  If the underlying OS tells dhclient that the address isn't
valid for the interface in question, then dhclient should handle that
and probably do something graceful like try to get another IP address or
at least fail cleanly.  It shouldn't be guessing at whether or not the
requested action is reasonable.