#961070 dhclient.conf.5: Some minor fixes in the manual

Package:
isc-dhcp-client
Source:
isc-dhcp
Description:
DHCP client for automatically obtaining an IP address
Submitter:
Bjarni Ingi Gislason
Date:
2026-08-05 17:34:29 UTC
Severity:
minor
Tags:
#961070#5
Date:
2020-05-19 19:38:09 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

<dhclient.conf.5>:32 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
troff: backtrace: file '<dhclient.conf.5>':169
troff: <dhclient.conf.5>:169: warning: trailing space
troff: backtrace: file '<dhclient.conf.5>':172
troff: <dhclient.conf.5>:172: warning: trailing space
troff: backtrace: file '<dhclient.conf.5>':353
troff: <dhclient.conf.5>:353: warning: trailing space
troff: backtrace: file '<dhclient.conf.5>':667
troff: <dhclient.conf.5>:667: warning: trailing space
an-end-check:<dhclient.conf.5>: Warning: Different number of .RS and .RE calls, an-RS-open=1 at end of file
####

  The part around  ".RS 0.25i" was removed, as it did not correspond
to anything similar, and the reason for it is not understandable.

  Patch:
--- dhclient.conf.5	2020-03-23 09:08:55.000000000 +0000
+++ dhclient.conf.5.new	2020-05-19 18:15:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 dhclient.conf - DHCP client configuration file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The dhclient.conf file contains configuration information for
-.IR dhclient,
+.IR dhclient ,
 the Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client.
 .PP
 The dhclient.conf file is a free-form ASCII text file.  It is parsed by
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ amount.  It defaults to ten seconds.
 .PP
  \fBinitial-delay \fItime\fR\fB;\fR
 .PP
-.I initial-delay
-parameter sets the maximum time client can wait after start before 
+.I initial-delay
+parameter sets the maximum time client can wait after start before
 commencing first transmission.
 According to RFC2131 Section 4.4.1, client should wait a random time between
-startup and the actual first transmission. Previous versions of ISC DHCP 
+startup and the actual first transmission. Previous versions of ISC DHCP
 client used to wait random time up to 5 seconds, but that was unwanted
 due to impact on startup time. As such, new versions have the default
 initial delay set to 0. To restore old behavior, please set initial-delay
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ statement.
 .PP
 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 
+values can be defined in the
 .B supersede
 statement.
 .PP
@@ -598,12 +598,7 @@ the time value, and helpfully places a l
 the same line.  The formats are described in detail in this manpage, within
 the LEASE DECLARATIONS section.
 .PP
-The
-.I lease-id-format
-parameter
-.RS 0.25i
-.PP
-.B lease-id-format \fIformat\fB;\fR
+.B " lease-id-format \fIformat\fB;\fR
 .PP
 The \fIformat\fR parameter must be either \fBoctal\fR or \fBhex\fR.
 This parameter governs the format used to write certain values to lease
@@ -664,7 +659,7 @@ effect that will be addressed in a futur
 .PP
  \fBpseudo "\fIname\fR" "\fIreal-name\fB" { \fIdeclarations ... \fB }
 .PP
-Under some circumstances it can be useful to declare a pseudo-interface 
+Under some circumstances it can be useful to declare a pseudo-interface
 and have the DHCP client acquire a configuration for that interface.
 Each interface that the DHCP client is supporting normally has a DHCP
 client state machine running on it to acquire and maintain its lease.

#961070#10
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
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.

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