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Date:      Wed, 07 Nov 2001 07:13:26 -0800
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dhclient bug? 
Message-ID:  <200111071514.fA7FEFO27709@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Nov 2001 17:04:51 %2B1030." <XFMail.20011105170451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> 

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In message <XFMail.20011105170451.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, "Daniel 
O'Connor" wri
tes:
> I have noticed that the dhclient in -stable (don't know about -current) passe
> s
> the bound socket (to port 68) to it's children. This is a big problem when yo
> u
> run things out of dhclient-exit-hooks as any persistent children prevent a ne
> w
> instance of dhclient from binding this port :(
> 
> I have a patch here -> http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/dhclient-coe-bug.diff
> 
> This seems to fix the problem for me.
> (And probably has nasty side effects I'm not aware of :)

You probably want to submit a PR to make sure that it's included in 
FreeBSD.  Otherwise everyone might assume that someone else will handle 
it.  Besides, the job isn't done until the paperwork is done.


Regards,                         Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD
Ministry of Management Services
Province of BC




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