#1041063 netscript-2.4: Please change default recommended dhcp client from dhclient to dhcpcd #1041063
- Package:
- netscript-2.4
- Source:
- netscript-2.4
- Submitter:
- Benjamin Drung
- Date:
- 2026-01-05 20:23:02 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
Dear Maintainer, ISC has announced the end of life for ISC DHCP as of the end of 2022. Kea is the recommended successor of the DHCP server. This bug report is about replacing the DHCP client dhclient. netscript-2.4 depends on "isc-dhcp-client | dhcpcd | dhcpcd5 | pump". Discussed on the debian-devel mailing [1], ifupdown will change to "dhcpcd-base | dhcp-client". Please put dhcpcd as first alternative before isc-dhcp-client: "dhcpcd | dhcpcd5 | isc-dhcp-client | pump". [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/06/msg00184.html
Hi, a lot of time has passed since this bug was filed. It is time that we see about removing isc-dhcp from the next release. Please enact upon the agreed changes in your package. In the meantime I'm raising the severity of this bug, in case nothing happens to have netscript-2.4 autoremoved after a while. Chris