On May 27, 2025 7:58 pm, Thomas Lange wrote: > Hi, > > this bug also affects more packages that are not in the reverse dependency. > Several packages call dhclient and sometimes with options that are > only available for the isc dhcp client, like -lf ,-pf, -sf > > Following packages may be affected by the removal of isc-dhcp from > trixie, because I couldn't find code that supports another dhcp > client/server in those packages: > > - [..] > - ifupdown2 in ifupdownaddons/dhclient.py > - [..]
related upstream (stalled) PR: https://github.com/CumulusNetworks/ifupdown2/pull/253 note that ifupdown2 currently only Suggests isc-dhcp-client, while DHCP support is optional in a technical sense (Recommends might still have been a better fit), it is quite important for many setups, so dropping it altogether is not really an option IMHO. I'll try to get progress on that (or a similar) PR going again to allow ifupdown2 to drop its usage of isc-dhcp-client in favor of one or more more suitable client implementations for Forky, but I think there is no (reasonable) solution for Trixie other than keeping isc-dhcp-client around (with no security support).
