[pkg-dhcp-devel] Bug#684009: isc-dhcp-client: dhclient must not assume a IPv6 prefix length of 64 when setting an address

Florent Fourcot florent.fourcot at enst-bretagne.fr
Tue Jan 14 13:11:55 UTC 2014


Hello,


> Note that dhclient does not itself configures the interface but instead
> calls the shellscript /sbin/dhclient-script to do the work. So a quick
> workaround is to patch that script to use a fixed netmask of /128
> (patch attached).
> 

I did not see anything new in your patches, the patch of Arne Nordmark
already includes your changes (and some others, covering more cases).

Second, the "/128" of ${new_ip6_address}/128 can probably be removed. An
address without prefix is set to /128 by default.

Regards,

Florent.



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