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#533302 dhclient.conf: prepend domain-search "example.net" does not prepend but replace the search value #533302

Package:: isc-dhcp-client

Source:: isc-dhcp

Description:: DHCP client for automatically obtaining an IP address

Submitter:: Michael Stapelberg

Date:: 2026-08-05 17:33:36 UTC

Severity:: important

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#533302#5

Date:: 2009-06-16 11:09:01 UTC

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Normally, when using DHCP, I get a line like "search foo.lan" in my /etc/resolv.conf.
After specifying the following in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf:

prepend domain-search "example.net";

my /etc/resolv.conf contained "search example.net." where it should use
"search example.net foo.lan" instead.

#533302#10

Date:: 2009-10-16 19:39:01 UTC

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Hi,

I just wanted to ask for the status of this bug report?

Do you need any more information or help?

Thanks for replying,
Best regards,
Michael

#533302#15

Date:: 2009-10-16 20:52:04 UTC

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I've just had a look at it. It's not a bug, it's working as intended. The
prepend directive allows you to override DHCP *in their entirety*. If you
use it, you need to stipulate what the entire option should contain. It
doesn't let you prepend part of a value into an option's data.

#533302#20

Date:: 2009-10-16 20:58:03 UTC

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Hi,

Excerpts from Andrew Pollock's message of Fri Oct 16 22:52:04 +0200 2009:
Uhm, that seems a big strange to me. First of all, it is not intuitive at all
to call that option prepend, if it behaves like you just said. Secondly, I
want to quote the manpage:
---

If  for  some option the client should always use a locally-configured value or
values rather than whatever is supplied by the server, these values can be
defined in the supersede statement.

If for some set of options the client should use a value you supply, and then
use the values supplied by the server, if any, these values can be defined in
the prepend statement.

---

Is the manpage utterly wrong?

Best regards,
Michael

#533302#25

Date:: 2009-10-16 21:16:53 UTC

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reopen 533302
thanks

No, you're absolutely correct, I had supersede and prepend confused in my
mind.

#533302#34

Date:: 2009-11-02 02:52:19 UTC

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# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny7
# Not reproducible in 4.1.0-1
fixed 533302 4.1.0-1

#533302#41

Date:: 2009-11-02 02:57:09 UTC

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# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny7
# Not reproducible in 3.1.3-1
fixed 533302 3.1.3-1

#533302#48

Date:: 2009-11-02 03:14:30 UTC

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I'm closing this bug because I cannot reproduce it with the version of
dhcp3-client in unstable.

#533302#53

Date:: 2009-11-02 05:14:58 UTC

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# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny7
# Only happens with two domains in the domain-search option
reopen 533302

#533302#58

Date:: 2009-11-02 05:22:02 UTC

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Hi,

This bug was reported by a Debian user in version 3.1.1, and I've been able
to reproduce it in 3.1.3 and 4.1.0

Please maintain the Cc list to keep our bug tracking system in the loop

Steps to reproduce:

Configure DHCP server to provide domain-search with two or more domains

Configure DHCP client to prepend domain-search with another domain

Expected result:

Configured domain search list consists of the DHCP-provided domains with the
client-configured domain prepended to the list

Actual result:

Configured domain search list consists of the first DHCP-provided domain
(only) with the client-configured domain prepended. The lease file contains
a trailing comma and some whitespace before the semicolon
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Subject: Bug#533302: dhclient.conf: prepend domain-search "example.net" does
	not prepend but replace the search value
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Package: dhcp3-client
Version: 3.1.1-6
Severity: important

Normally, when using DHCP, I get a line like "search foo.lan" in my /etc/resolv.conf.
After specifying the following in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf:

prepend domain-search "example.net";

my /etc/resolv.conf contained "search example.net." where it should use
"search example.net foo.lan" instead.

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#533302#63

Date:: 2009-11-02 05:22:02 UTC

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Hi,

This bug was reported by a Debian user in version 3.1.1, and I've been able
to reproduce it in 3.1.3 and 4.1.0

Please maintain the Cc list to keep our bug tracking system in the loop

Steps to reproduce:

Configure DHCP server to provide domain-search with two or more domains

Configure DHCP client to prepend domain-search with another domain

Expected result:

Configured domain search list consists of the DHCP-provided domains with the
client-configured domain prepended to the list

Actual result:

Configured domain search list consists of the first DHCP-provided domain
(only) with the client-configured domain prepended. The lease file contains
a trailing comma and some whitespace before the semicolon
----- Forwarded message from Michael Stapelberg <michael+db20090501@stapelberg.de> -----

Subject: Bug#533302: dhclient.conf: prepend domain-search "example.net" does
	not prepend but replace the search value
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	533302@bugs.debian.org
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From: Michael Stapelberg <michael+db20090501@stapelberg.de>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Package: dhcp3-client
Version: 3.1.1-6
Severity: important

Normally, when using DHCP, I get a line like "search foo.lan" in my /etc/resolv.conf.
After specifying the following in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf:

prepend domain-search "example.net";

my /etc/resolv.conf contained "search example.net." where it should use
"search example.net foo.lan" instead.

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#533302#68

Date:: 2009-11-02 05:16:28 UTC

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# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny7
# Requires at least two domains in domain-search to reproduce
notfixed 533302 3.1.3-1

#533302#73

Date:: 2009-11-02 05:16:35 UTC

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# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny7
# Requires at least two domains in domain-search to reproduce
notfixed 533302 4.1.0-1

#533302#78

Date:: 2009-11-02 05:38:50 UTC

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Hi,

This bug was reported by a Debian user in version 3.1.1, and I've been able
to reproduce it in 3.1.3 and 4.1.0

Please maintain the Cc list to keep our bug tracking system in the loop

Steps to reproduce:

Configure DHCP server to provide domain-search with two or more domains

Configure DHCP client to prepend domain-search with another domain

Expected result:

Configured domain search list consists of the DHCP-provided domains with the
client-configured domain prepended to the list

Actual result:

Configured domain search list consists of the first DHCP-provided domain
(only) with the client-configured domain prepended. The lease file contains
a trailing comma and some whitespace before the semicolon

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	not prepend but replace the search value
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From: Michael Stapelberg <michael+db20090501@stapelberg.de>
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Package: dhcp3-client
Version: 3.1.1-6
Severity: important

Normally, when using DHCP, I get a line like "search foo.lan" in my /etc/resolv.conf.
After specifying the following in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf:

prepend domain-search "example.net";

my /etc/resolv.conf contained "search example.net." where it should use
"search example.net foo.lan" instead.

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#533302#83

Date:: 2012-12-11 19:13:01 UTC

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reassign 533302 isc-dhcp-client 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u2
thanks
I can still reproduce this bug (over 3 years old by now!) with
isc-dhcp-client 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u2 (currently in testing):

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
domain gesteb.lan
search gesteb.lan
nameserver 192.168.210.10
$ cat >>/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf <<EOF
supersede domain-name "gesteb-service.de";
prepend domain-search "gesteb-service.de";
EOF
$ ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf .
domain gesteb-service.de
search gesteb-service.de.
nameserver 192.168.210.10

Is there any news from ISC about this issue (tracked as [ISC-Bugs
#20558])?

#533302#94

Date:: 2013-12-06 20:37:10 UTC

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control: found -1 4.2.4-7

Hi,

Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> writes:
Another year has passed and I ran into this bug again, this time with
isc-dhcp-client 4.2.4-7. Any news?

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#533302#111

Date:: 2026-08-05 17:31:09 UTC

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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
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