Subject: port-i386/10633: DHCP client invoked too late
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Ed Gould <ed@left.wing.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/19/2000 09:38:20
>Number: 10633
>Category: port-i386
>Synopsis: DHCP client invoked too late
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-i386-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 19 09:39:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ed Gould
>Release: snapshot 20000620-1.5
>Organization:
--
Ed Gould Palo Alto Advanced Development Compaq Computer Corp.
+1 650 853 2108 ed@pa.dec.com 130 Lytton Avenue
ed.gould@compaq.com Palo Alto, CA 94301
>Environment:
System: NetBSD rome 1.5B NetBSD 1.5B (ROME) #58: Sun Jul 16 22:51:16 PDT 2000 ed@rome:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ROME i386
>Description:
The DHCP client (dhclient) is started nearly last among the various
servers. This is too late if the only interface for the machine
is managed by DHCP.
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot a system on a DHCP network. Watch most of the servers fail
to open their sockets.
>Fix:
--- /etc/rc.d-netbsd/SERVERS Fri Jun 9 19:17:23 2000
+++ /etc/rc.d/SERVERS Mon Jul 17 23:22:10 2000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
#
# PROVIDE: SERVERS
-# REQUIRE: ipmon savecore syslogd
+# REQUIRE: ipmon savecore syslogd dhclient
# This is a dummy dependancy, for early-start servers relying on
# some basic configuration.
>Release-Note:
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