Package: ifupdown
Version: 0.8.44
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi
Since 'dhcpcd' is started by 'ifupdown' on a per-interface basis, it will exit
on timeout if no IP has been acquired, rendering the host unreachable.
As per upstream advice, avoiding this requires using the -b flag. This makes
'dhcpcd' fork to the background and keep on requesting an IP until one has been
acquired.
RM open on Salsa. The debdiff:
diff -Nru ifupdown-0.8.44/debian/changelog ifupdown-0.8.44+nmu1/debian/changelog
--- ifupdown-0.8.44/debian/changelog 2024-09-17 15:08:12.000000000 +0300
+++ ifupdown-0.8.44+nmu1/debian/changelog 2025-05-03 12:12:47.000000000
+0300
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ifupdown (0.8.44+nmu1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * inet.defn: Prepend -b option to all 3 dhcpcd occurences.
+
+ -- Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> Sat, 03 May 2025 12:12:47
+0300
+
ifupdown (0.8.44) unstable; urgency=low
[ Debian Janitor ]
diff -Nru ifupdown-0.8.44/inet.defn ifupdown-0.8.44+nmu1/inet.defn
--- ifupdown-0.8.44/inet.defn 2024-08-20 05:02:23.000000000 +0300
+++ ifupdown-0.8.44+nmu1/inet.defn 2025-05-03 12:12:16.000000000 +0300
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
if (execable("dhclient"))
udhcpc -n -p /run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid -i %iface% [[-x hostname:%hostname%]]
\
elsif (execable("udhcpc"))
- dhcpcd [[-h %hostname%]] [[-i %vendor%]] [[-I %client%]] \
+ dhcpcd -b [[-h %hostname%]] [[-i %vendor%]] [[-I %client%]] \
[[-l %leasetime%]] [[-m %metric%]] %iface% \
elsif (execable("dhcpcd"))
echo 'No DHCP client software found!' >&2; false \
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
udhcpc -n -p /run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid -i %iface% [[-H %hostname%]] \
[[-c %client%]] \
elsif (execable("udhcpc"))
- dhcpcd [[-h %hostname%]] [[-i %vendor%]] [[-I %client%]] \
+ dhcpcd -b [[-h %hostname%]] [[-i %vendor%]] [[-I %client%]] \
[[-l %leasetime%]] %iface% \
elsif (execable("dhcpcd"))
echo 'No DHCP client software found!' >&2; false \
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
udhcpc -n -p /run/udhcpc.%iface///.%.pid -i %iface% [[-H %hostname%]] \
[[-c %client%]] \
elsif (execable("udhcpc"))
- dhcpcd [[-h %hostname%]] [[-i %vendor%]] [[-I %client%]] \
+ dhcpcd -b [[-h %hostname%]] [[-i %vendor%]] [[-I %client%]] \
[[-l %leasetime%]] %iface% \
elsif (execable("dhcpcd"))
echo 'No DHCP client software found!' >&2; false \
