Debian Bug report logs - #26596
dhcpcd: dhcpcd .70-3 incompatible with 2.1.* kernels

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: dhcpcd: dhcpcd .70-3 incompatible with 2.1.* kernels
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:59:21 -0400 (EDT)

Package: dhcpcd
Version: 0.70-3

dhcpcd shipped with Debian 2.0 and 2.1 doesn't work due to changes in
development kernels.  There is a version 1.3.8 available at
ftp://phystech.dyn.ml.org/pub/ .  Evidently, it is based on the same code
but has a new developer.  It works for me.

It's very likely you know all this, so sorry to bug you about something
you're working on.  I do think it's good to have a bug report on record at
least.  In case you can suggest how you're planning to handle dhcp with
kernel 2.2, I'd appreciate the tip.

Thanks,
Andrew

(My cable modem provider was getting upset that I wasn't using DHCP!)

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0
Kernel Version: Linux pimlott 2.1.119 #1 SMP Sat Aug 29 15:31:54 EDT 1998 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dhcpcd depends on:

Message #10 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu>
To: Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>
Cc: 26596@bugs.debian.org, submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#26596: dhcpcd: dhcpcd .70-3 incompatible with 2.1.* kernels
Date: 10 Sep 1998 10:26:06 -0400

Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> writes:

> Package: dhcpcd
> Version: 0.70-3

> dhcpcd shipped with Debian 2.0 and 2.1 doesn't work due to changes in
> development kernels.  There is a version 1.3.8 available at
> ftp://phystech.dyn.ml.org/pub/ .  Evidently, it is based on the same code
> but has a new developer.  It works for me.

"dhcpcd" 1.3.8 doesn't work with 2.0.x kernels.  There is a
preliminary package for "dhcpcd-sv" in:

  http://www.cse.msu.edu/~dunham/debian/dhcpcd-sv

I need to clean up the stuff in /usr/doc, update it from 1.3.7 ->
1.3.8 and then I'll upload it.


Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu

Message #20 received at 26596@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark Brown <broonie@debian.org>
To: 26596@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Version 1.3.17 required for 2.2 kernels
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:54:43 +0000

Like the subject says, version 1.3.17 is apparently required for 2.2
kernels.  I don't know if older versions work or not.

-- 
Mark Brown  mailto:broonie@tardis.ed.ac.uk   (Trying to avoid grumpiness)
            http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/
EUFS        http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/

Message #25 received at 26596@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@debian.org>
Cc: 26596@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#26596: Version 1.3.17 required for 2.2 kernels
Date: 13 Jan 1999 11:50:47 -0500

Mark Brown <broonie@debian.org> writes:

> Like the subject says, version 1.3.17 is apparently required for 2.2
> kernels.  I don't know if older versions work or not.

Version "1.3.17" is a completely different program (compared to 0.xx
versions) which doesn't work on 2.0 kernels.  You can get it as the
"dhcpcd-sv" package.  (I'll update the description of the dhcpcd
package when I get time.)

The new version is a completely different program rewritten by another
author who is anything but careful with his code (early versions would
segfault because of some pretty basic mistakes).  I was hoping that
someone would fix the original program, but apparently it hasn't
happened.  Hopefully most of the bugs are out of 1.3.17, and hopefully
it has most of the feature set of the original program.

(I actually uploaded version 1.3.16, since the ftp site for the new
dhcpcd disappeared and I was forced to get the source from a RPM
source package.)


Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu

Message #30 received at 26596@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark Brown <broonie@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
To: 26596@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#26596: Version 1.3.17 required for 2.2 kernels
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:28:26 +0000

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On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 11:50:47AM -0500, Steve Dunham wrote:

> > Like the subject says, version 1.3.17 is apparently required for 2.2
> > kernels.  I don't know if older versions work or not.

> Version "1.3.17" is a completely different program (compared to 0.xx
> versions) which doesn't work on 2.0 kernels.  You can get it as the
> "dhcpcd-sv" package.  (I'll update the description of the dhcpcd
> package when I get time.)

Ah.  I thought it was too obvious.  Sorry for wasting your time.

> The new version is a completely different program rewritten by another
> author who is anything but careful with his code (early versions would
> segfault because of some pretty basic mistakes).  I was hoping that
> someone would fix the original program, but apparently it hasn't
> happened.  Hopefully most of the bugs are out of 1.3.17, and hopefully
> it has most of the feature set of the original program.

1.3.17 doesn't appear to be working against what I believe to be an NT
server, although it worked at home against an ISC server.  I haven't
made any effort to find out what's broken, though.  It claims to not be
getting any response from the server, which is odd as my 2.0 setup gets
one.  I'll try out the debs later.

> (I actually uploaded version 1.3.16, since the ftp site for the new
> dhcpcd disappeared and I was forced to get the source from a RPM
> source package.)

I got mine from ftp://ftp.phystech.com/pub/ if that's any use.

-- 
Mark Brown  mailto:broonie@tardis.ed.ac.uk   (Trying to avoid grumpiness)
            http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/
EUFS        http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/

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