- Package:
- isc-dhcp-client
- Source:
- isc-dhcp
- Description:
- DHCP client for automatically obtaining an IP address
- Submitter:
- Olaf Meeuwissen
- Date:
- 2026-08-05 17:34:03 UTC
- Severity:
- wishlist
Dear Maintainer, I upgraded to the reported version on 2015-10-16 but it took until a reboot yesterday (2015-11-08) before dhclient was restarted. I only noticed because logcheck tripped over the log message format changes for DHCPACK and DHCPREQUEST. I had expected that an upgrade would restart any running dhclient processes. I am aware that *most* dhclient users will trigger restarts as a side effect of frequently changing interfaces and/or daily reboots. I just happen to run a bulky 24/7 workstation on DHCP via a fixed cable where these things are rather infrequent. It would be nice if upgrading the package restarts running instances.
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)