On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:18:06 +0100 Daniel =?utf-8?Q?Gr=C3=B6ber?= <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: dhcpcd-base > Version: 1:10.1.0-11 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Dear Maintainer, > > dhcpcd*.servce currently declare After=networking.service. My upcoming > ifupdown=0.9 upload would break the automatic interface configuration > functionality of your 'dhcpcd' package. > > To prevent this please simply declare Before=networking.service in the > systemd units and X-Start-Before: networking in init. This will cause > ifupdown=0.9's attempt to launch it's own --inactive manager a > no-operation. > > My upcoming NMU for #1121014 will include this fix aswell for your > convenience.
I have no preference for this one. IIRC I ended up declaring After because, otherwise, none of the interfaces that dhcpcd would delegate an IPv6 prefix to would be up yet, if someone prefers running dhcpcd in manager mode. Martin-Éric
