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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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