Hello Andrew,

On 1/14/2008, "Andrew Pollock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 02:32:33PM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote:
>> Package: dhcp3-client
>> Version: 3.1.0a3-1~tpo
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Tags: patch
>> 
>> Attached is Debian's ./dhcp3_3.0.4-13.diff.gz ported against the current
>> dhcp alpha release 3.1.0a3, and with the patch from #295056 that 
>> allows gracefully shutting down dhclient without releasing the IP.
>
>#295056 isn't a dhcp3-related bug. The released 3.1.0 allegedly supports
>a -x option to shut down dhclient without releasing the IP.

Oh, my bad. I was really referring to #295064, I apologize. I have
submitted the patch from #295064 upstream and it was integrated. So...

>> The idea here is twofold. For one porting the Debian patch to the
>> upcoming 3.1.0 release will make it easier for the maintainer once the
>> release is out. And having the patch from #295056 ported makes it
>> a) easier to test it, whether it works and hopefully facilitates
>> adoption, since, as described in the bug report, the current behaveour
>> is most annoying.
>> 
>> I have resent all the Debian patches including #295056 upstream, 
>> except for the very Debian specific stuff.
>
>With the upload of 3.1.0-1 to unstable, I'm thinking this bug can be 
>closed now, but I just want to check.

.. yes, it should be possible to close it along with #295064 and #247812
with the upload of 3.1.0. It'd be nice to let #246621 know about the
upload too once it's done.

Thanks for your dhcp support in Debian Andrew!
*t


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