- Package:
- isc-dhcp-client
- Source:
- isc-dhcp-client
- Description:
- DHCP client for automatically obtaining an IP address
- Submitter:
- Alex K
- Date:
- 2026-08-05 17:33:11 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
We have a file integrity checking system installed and it alerts constantly b/c /etc/resolv.conf updates its timestamp on almost every invocation of dhclient tool. The fix is simple:
--- /sbin/dhclient-script.orig 2023-02-20 08:19:43.000000000 +0000
+++ /sbin/dhclient-script 2023-07-28 15:45:31.927151674 +0000
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
chown --reference=$resolv_conf $new_resolv_conf
chmod --reference=$resolv_conf $new_resolv_conf
fi
- mv -f $new_resolv_conf $resolv_conf
+ diff $new_resolv_conf $resolv_conf >/dev/null || mv -f $new_resolv_conf $resolv_conf
# DHCPv6
elif [ -n "$new_dhcp6_domain_search" ] || [ -n "$new_dhcp6_name_servers" ]; then
resolv_conf=$(readlink -f "/etc/resolv.conf" 2>/dev/null) ||
Please, incorporate.
root@ip-172-26-5-140:/usr/sbin# uname -a
Linux ip-172-26-5-140 5.10.0-23-cloud-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.179-1 (2023-05-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@ip-172-26-5-140:/usr/sbin# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="11"
VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
Dear submitter, as the package isc-dhcp has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1143544 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/. Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the earliest. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)