Re: System fails to start dhclient at boot after upgrade 6.1.5 -> 7.0.1

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 6 July 2016 at 14:05, <metalliqaz%fastmail.fm@localhost> wrote:
> I have just upgraded my server from 6.1.5 to 7.0.1 and I'm having
> trouble with dhclient.  My expectation is that the rc system will launch
> dhclient early in the boot process and wait for it to finish before
> moving on.  This does not happen.  Instead it rushes right into
> launching daemons (which fills my logs with named complaints).
> Sometimes it will complete acquisition after boot, but half the time it
> fails completely and a "/etc/rc.d/dhclient restart" says that the
> service is already stopped.  This is a headless server so watching the
> console is difficult.  It has two interfaces, with only the external
> using dhclient.  The working rc.conf was not changed during the 7.0.1
> upgrade.
>
> A quick look over the NetBSD-7 and 7.0.1 release notices doesn't show me
> any obvious reason for a change in behavior.  Does anyone know what is
> going on?

While it doesn't answer your question directly, NetBSD 7 has migrated
to dhcpcd as the preferred DHCP client. Its actively developed and
generally much nicer to use (the last point may be an opinion :)