On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 01:04:32PM +0100, Andrzej Filip wrote: > Package: dhcp3-client > Version: 3.1.3-2 > Severity: normal > > /sbin/dhclient-scipt uses interface-mtu option received from DHCP server > to set MTU of interface only if the MTU is bigger than 576. > > IMHO it should be > * changed (removed)
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=513616 for the back story on why this behaviour was added in 3.1.2-1 > OR > * interface-mtu option 576 or lower should be used to set MTU of default route Care to provide a patch with how this would be implemented? > Background: currently debian completly ignores inteface-mtu equal 576 > received from cable router (single crossover ethernet cable "network"). > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages dhcp3-client depends on: > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management > sy > ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific > t > ii dhcp3-common 3.1.3-2 common files used by all the > dhcp3 > ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > > dhcp3-client recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages dhcp3-client suggests: > pn avahi-autoipd <none> (no description available) > ii resolvconf 1.45 name server information handler > > -- debconf information excluded > >
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