[pkg-dhcp-devel] Bug#604883: dhcp3-client: Does not set hostname but leaves '(none)'

[Paul Szabo]

Package: dhcp3-client
Version: 4.1.1-P1-12
Severity: normal

I recently upgraded a machine from lenny to squeeze. After the
upgrade, it had installed:
  dhcp-client      3.1.1-6+lenny4
  dhcp3-client     4.1.1-P1-12
  isc-dhcp-client  4.1.1-P1-12
and maybe also packages
  dhcp3-common
  isc-dhcp-common
After the squeeze update, at boot time, it did not set the
local hostname from data sent by the DHCP server; whereas it
used to do that just fine at lenny.
Removing the above packages and installing
  dhcpcd           1:3.2.3-5
instead, solved my problem: suggesting a bug in dhcp3-client.

Please let me know if I should check or debug something.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz at maths.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-pk04.08-baby (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dhcp3-client depends on:
pn  isc-dhcp-client               <none>     (no description available)

dhcp3-client recommends no packages.

dhcp3-client suggests no packages.