Bug#652573: busybox-udeb: debian stable busybox udhcp client does not support /32 netmasks

[Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>]

severity 652573 wishlist
thanks

On 18.12.2011 22:23, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> On 18.12.2011 22:16, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>>
>> Package: busybox-udeb
>> Version: 1:1.17.1-8
>>
>> The Debian/Squeeze installer fail with /32 netmasks provided from DHCP.
>> >From <URL: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4604 >:
>>
>>   debian stable busybox udhcp client does not support /32
>>   netmasks. Changing the netmask to <32 works.
> 
> The /32 netmask for a host is at least non-standard.  I'm not sure
> it is ever possible to _use_ such a netmask on an ethernet interface
> on any other system but linux - it definitely is impossible to use
> on windows, not sure about *bsd and others.

And since this is non-standard, downgrading the severity of this
bug to wishlist.  Most likely will be also tagged as wontfix.

Thanks,

/mjt