[pkg-dhcp-devel] Bug#795227: isc-dhcp-client: "Unable to set up timer: out of range" caused by bad 64_bit timer

[Stephen A. Zarkos]

Package: isc-dhcp-client
Version: 4.3.1-6
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

The dchp client on 64-bit installations fails with "Unable to set up 
timer: out of range" and then exits when the max lease time is given 
(~135years).

This bug was fixed in Fedora under Red Hat bug 789601 (http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/dhcp.git/commit/?id=bd413ec3f9585ff8ccb8a5a66097fab53a8f5fe4)

This was also fixed in Ubuntu. You can find a clear description and
solution in the following Ubuntu bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/1189571

Issue was also reported here a while ago, but I guess no bug was
filed that I could find: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-dhcp-devel/2013-July/001822.html




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages isc-dhcp-client depends on:
ii  debianutils       4.4+b1
ii  iproute2          3.16.0-2
ii  isc-dhcp-common   4.3.1-6
ii  libc6             2.19-18
ii  libdns-export100  1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u2
ii  libirs-export91   1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u2
ii  libisc-export95   1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u2

isc-dhcp-client recommends no packages.

Versions of packages isc-dhcp-client suggests:
pn  avahi-autoipd  <none>
pn  resolvconf     <none>

-- no debconf information