#951595 isc-dhcp-client: disallowing ipv6 in sysctl breaks dhcp address renewal

Package:
isc-dhcp-client
Source:
isc-dhcp
Description:
DHCP client for automatically obtaining an IP address
Submitter:
Cosimo Simeone
Date:
2026-08-05 17:34:27 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#951595#5
Date:
2020-02-18 16:59:43 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation? i disabled ipv6 networking in /etc/sysctl.conf, and since then dhcp ip renewal fails with error relater to RFC-3442
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)? Disable ipv6 networking
   * What was the outcome of this action? dhcp ip renewal fails with error relater to RFC-3442; lost of networking
   * What outcome did you expect instead?  well.. networking to work.. :-)

Longer desciption:
unsetting ipv6 (/etc/sysctl.conf -> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 0 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 0) generates dhcp 3442 non zero exit error.
Disabling 3442 (dhclient.conf, removing request rfc3442-classless-static-routes) raises RTNETLINK answers: Permission denied

#951595#10
Date:
2020-02-18 17:18:46 UTC
From:
To:
Sorry,typo:

unsetting ipv6 (/etc/sysctl.conf -> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = d  net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1)

#951595#15
Date:
2020-02-18 17:18:46 UTC
From:
To:
Sorry,typo:

unsetting ipv6 (/etc/sysctl.conf -> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = d  net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1)

#951595#20
Date:
2026-08-05 17:31:09 UTC
From:
To:
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
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